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We especially need imagination in the pursuit of knowledge.

V Alphabet and Letter in Red

Pain is part of the process;

it builds character.

Common sense is not so common.

Maybe Christmas,

the Grinch thought,

doesn't come from a store.

The best satire is rooted in truth.

The heaviness of being successful was

replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again.

There is a time for everything,

and a season for every purpose under heaven.

What is a farm but a mute gospel?

The only obligation we have is to do what we love.

It is better to deserve honors

and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.

Existence precedes essence.

A leader is one who knows the way,

goes the way,

and shows the way.

I want everybody to understand that

I am an American Negro first before

I am a member of any political party.

The trouble with having an open mind, of course,

is that people will insist on coming along and putting things in it.

Whoever is careless with

the truth in small matters

cannot be trusted with

important matters.

I came in with Halley's Comet in 1835.

It is coming again next year, and I expect to go out with it.

It will be the greatest disappointment of my life

if I don't go out with Halley's Comet.

The Almighty has said,

no doubt: 'Now here are these two unaccountable freaks;

they came in together, they must go out together.'

We must hold leaders accountable to the people.

Fashion is not about utility.

It is about joy.

Americans are fond of equality in general,

and they constantly strive to make men equal.