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"I grew up in the 1950s and '60s, when it was almost a holiday when a black act would go on Ed Sullivan."
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"To act is to anchor in the imminent future."
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"The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react."
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"There is only one meaning of life: the act of living itself."
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"I actually find it harder to act in the scenes where there's not much happening, say having a milkshake in the diner. That is far harder to do than straight scenes where there's a drama going on and you have something to do."
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"It is the mystery of the creative act that something other than our conscious self takes over."
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"We're building on an international network with many others for the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act. There are so many things we can do to carry forward policies."
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"It is a tremendous act of violence to begin anything. I am not able to begin. I simply skip what should be the beginning."
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"Only remember west of the Mississippi it's a little more look, see, act. A little less rationalize, comment, talk."
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"Since I also act, sometimes I get over my resentment and commit to the pitch as an acting job."
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"Begin thus from the first act, and proceed; and, in conclusion, at the ill which thou hast done, be troubled, and rejoice for the good."
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"If you can get the proper definition of trouble, then we can find out who the real troublemakers are."
Trouble
"It is true that Mr. Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, after which there was a commitment to give 40 acres and a mule. That's where the argument, to this day, of reparations starts. We never got the 40 acres. We went all the way to Herbert Hoover, and we never got the 40 acres. We didn't get the mule. So we decided we'd ride this donkey as far as it would take us."
Argument
"Dr. King used Gandhi's commitment to non-violence and to passive resistance."
Commitment
"My ministry's always been one of social activism. I think a responsible minister must be at some levels involved in the social order."
Politics
"During my 2004 presidential campaign, I was fond of saying that it was high time for the Christian right to meet the right Christians."
Time
"The promise of America is one immigration policy for all who seek to enter our shores, whether they come from Mexico, Haiti or Canada, there must be one set of rules for everybody. We cannot welcome those to come and then try and act as though any culture will not be respected or treated inferior. We cannot look at the Latino community and preach "one language." No one gave them an English test before they sent them to Iraq to fight for America."
Policy
"Bill Clinton strikes me as the kind of guy who goes wherever the polls lead him, rather than leading the polls."
Politics
"I was raised by a single mother who made a way for me. She used to scrub floors as a domestic worker, put a cleaning rag in her pocketbook and ride the subways in Brooklyn so I would have food on the table. But she taught me as I walked her to the subway that life is about not where you start, but where you're going. That's family values."
Family
"We're not willing to give black leaders second chances because, in most cases, we're not willing to give them first chances."
Politics
"Dr. King's general principles are universal. But the things he confronted took place in another era."
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