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"Dr. King used Gandhi's commitment to non-violence and to passive resistance."
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"Love knows nothing of short hauls because it has committed itself for the long haul."

"Authentic love is deciding to live on a one-way street where all the arrows point down the street and not a single one of them point back up to where I'm standing."

"One of these days I'm going to put my body where my mind is."

"Dearest," she murmured, "as you know, there was a time when it didn't matter to me whether I married a man I loved or not... it seemed enough just to get my family out of the desperate situation we were in. But when I thought about what it would be like to share a bed with my husband... to spend the rest of my life with him... I knew Simon was the only choice." She paused, and sudden tears glittered her eyes. Beautiful, self-possessed Annabelle, who hardly ever cried. "When I'm ill," she continued in a husky voice, "when I'm afraid, when I need something, I know he will move heaven and earth to make everything all right. I trust him with every fiber of my being. And when I see the child we created, the two of us mingled forever in her... my God, how grateful I am that I married Simon."

"The actor, writer, and director Woody Allen once said, "80% of success is just showing up! You Can Show Up By . . . Participating. Sharing ideas. Being dependable. Keeping your word. Taking the initiative. Volunteering to be of assistance. Being there when a friend needs you. Raising your hand and asking questions. Attending your children's sporting events. Taking your place and claiming your space. Demonstrating that you have something to offer."

"On the other side of self-doubt comes a confidence from faith in the process. Even though our destination may be a long way off, each day we rise with a subtle smile as if we have already achieved it, because, when we are truly committed to a task, we already have."

"I love her and that's the beginning and end of everything."

"I don't expect you to fight over me... But I do expect you to fight for me... for us."

"I'm yours for ever--for ever and ever. Here I stand; I'm as firm as a rock. If you'll only trust me, how little you'll be disappointed. Be mine as I am yours."

"Your life must not be static, you must keep on moving forward towards the higher goal. No obstacle can stop a man who is committed to a single calling or to a single prize."
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"I very rarely read any fiction. I love biographies; I read about all kinds of people. I love theology and some philosophy."

"Bill Clinton strikes me as the kind of guy who goes wherever the polls lead him, rather than leading the polls."

"My ordination in the Church of God in Christ was at age 9, and I later became a Baptist minister, which I am today."

"I grew up in the 1950s and '60s, when it was almost a holiday when a black act would go on Ed Sullivan."

"The right wing always mobilizes around constitutional amendments: the right to bear arms, school prayer."

"The dream was not to put one black family in the White house, the dream was to make everything equal in everybody's house."

"I've seen enough things to know that if you just keep on going, if you turn the corner, the sun will be shining."
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