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We are not makers of history. We are made by history.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
Age: 39 †
Born: 1929
Born: January 15
Died: 1968
Died: April 4
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Be an artist at whatever you do. Even if you are a street sweeper, be the Michelangelo of street sweepers.
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He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.
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To have serpentlike qualities devoid of dovelike qualities is to be passionless, mean, and selfish.
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