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The limitation of riots, moral questions aside, is that they cannot win and their participants know it. Hence, rioting is not revolutionary but reactionary because it invites defeat. It involves an emotional catharsis, but it must be followed by a sense of futility. ↗

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

#because #cannot #catharsis #defeat #emotional

The sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality. ↗

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

#autumn #discontent #freedom #invigorating #legitimate

If you start writing to an audience you're talking down to them. I've never written for any age group, I just write character. If you can capture that you'll get the audiences, and it will be a wide range, as it is for 'Twilight,' it's a pretty wide range. ↗

— Melissa Rosenberg

#age group #any #audience #audiences #capture

We can't gather the intelligence we need to foil future attacks, if we are blindly granting terrorists the right to remain silent. But for some reason, we've already done that - with the terrorist who tried to bring down Flight 253. ↗

— Peter King

#attacks #blindly #bring #done #down

The U.N. is capable of endless process and mindless psychobabble, but as far as getting the job done on the ground, I just don't see them doing it. ↗

— Peter King

#capable #doing #done #endless #far

Children at certain ages have distinct actions, and boys at certain ages have a particular way of acting too. ↗

— Regina King

#actions #ages #certain #children #distinct

People look at me like I should have been like Malcolm X or Martin Luther King or Rosa Parks. I should have seen life like that and stay out of trouble, and don't do this and don't do that. But it's hard to live up to some people's expectations. ↗

— Rodney King

#expectations #hard #i #king #life

We wouldn't be as far along as a country if we didn't take on some of Martin Luther King's ways that he instilled in us. ↗

— Rodney King

#country #far #instilled #king #luther

I can remember being home from school with tonsillitis and writing stories in bed to pass the time. ↗

— Stephen King

#being #home #i #i can #pass

Like anything else that happens on its own, the act of writing is beyond currency. Money is great stuff to have, but when it comes to the act of creation, the best thing is not to think of money too much. It constipates the whole process. ↗

— Stephen King

#anything #best #beyond #comes #creation