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I speak to you only as an American

who happens to be an American Negro

and one who is proud of that heritage.

We ask for nothing special.

We ask only that we be permitted to compete on an even basis,

and if we are not worthy,

then the competition shall, per se, eliminate us.

If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly,

our whole life would change.

Where there's hope,

there's life.

It fills us with fresh courage and makes us strong again.

I'm black,

I don't feel burdened by it and,

I don't think it's a huge responsibility,

It's part of who I am,

It does not define me.

It is not the man who has too little,

but the man who craves more,

that is poor.

What a computer is to me is the most remarkable tool

that we have ever come up with.

Look deep into nature,

and then you will understand everything better.

Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it.

The difference between the almost right word

and the right word is really a large matter

'tis the difference between the lightning

bug and the lightning.

My first day in Chicago,

September 4 1983,

I set foot in this city,

and just walking down the street,

it was like roots,

like the motherland.

I knew I belonged here.

In India we only read about

death,

sickness,

terrorism,

crime.

The greatest sweetener

of human life is

Friendship To raise this

to the highest pitch of

enjoyment, is a secret

which but few discover.

We’re surrounded.

That simplifies our problem of getting to

these people and killing them.

To the best of my judgment, I have labored for,

and not against, the Union.

As I have not felt, so I have not expressed

any harsh sentiment towards our Southern brethren.

I have constantly declared,

as I really believed, the only difference between

them and us is the difference of circumstances.

If anything is worth doing,

do it with all your heart.

Don’t let anyone dim your sparkle.

The black press, some liberal sportswriters,

and even a few politicians were banging away

at those Jim Crow barriers in baseball.

I never expected the walls to come tumbling down in my lifetime.

I didn't attend the funeral,

but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.

Knowledge will give you power,

but character respect.

I long to accomplish a great and noble task,

but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if

they were great and noble.