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Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

My protest about the post exchange seating bore some results.

More seats were allocated for blacks,

but there were still separate sections for blacks and for whites.

At least I had made my men realize

that something could be accomplished by speaking out,

and I hoped they would be less resigned to unjust conditions.

Every day is a chance to reinvent yourself.

Political language is designed to make lies

sound truthful and murder respectable.

I believe that every single event in life

happens in an opportunity to choose love over fear.

Wanting to be someone else is a waste of who you are.

Some books leave us free and some books make us free.

I love the smell of rain

and I love the sound of

the ocean waves.

I don't know who I am,

but I know who I'm not.

Truth is stranger than fiction

fiction, but it is because

Fiction is obliged to

stick to possibilities;

Truth isn't

Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.

A problem well stated is a problem half solved.

If you want to build a strong society,

you must build strong institutions.

You're wasting my time.

None of us got where we are solely by pulling

ourselves up by our bootstraps.

Books were my pass to personal freedom.

I learned to read at age three,

and soon discovered there was a whole world,

to conquer that went beyond our farm in Mississippi.

Kindness and integrity are worth more than fame.

Life is about perseverance and believing in your art.

Problems that remain persistently insoluble should always be

suspected as questions asked in the wrong way.