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And when you discover what you will be in your life, set out to do it as if God Almighty called you at this particular moment in history to do it. Don't just set out to do a good job.
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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History has thrust something upon me from which I cannot turn away.
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War is a poor chisel to carve out tomorrow.
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But by all means, keep moving.
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To deny a man a job is to say that a man has no right to exist.
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I may not be the man I want to be I may not be the man I ought to be I may not be the man I could be I may not be the man I truly can be but praise God, I'm not the man I once was
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And see ominous clouds of inferiority beginning to form in her little mental sky.
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