Kings Quotes - Page 19

• Clearly, there are many places where diesel is king or gas-turbine is king, or IC engines will win, but there are many places in the world where, as we've seen, they just won't do the job. The modern version of the Stirling engine has some very, very attractive characteristics, and we're trying to optimize it for some of those applications.

  Dean Kamen

  Jobs, Winning, Trying

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• My daddy, Rev. A. D. King, my granddaddy, Martin Luther King, Senior - we are a family of faith, hope and love.

  Alveda King

  Senior, Daddy, And Love

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• We wouldn't be as far along as a country if we didn't take on some of Martin Luther King's ways that he instilled in us.

  Rodney King

  Country, Way, Luther

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• For a long time, sure, I was letting the pressure of being Rodney King get to me. It ain't easy. Even now, I walk into a place wondering, 'What people are thinking? Do they know who I am? What do they think about what happened? Do they blame me for the all those people who died?'

  Rodney King

  Thinking, Who I Am, Long

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• People look at me like I should have been like Malcolm X or Martin Luther King or Rosa Parks. I should have seen life like that and stay out of trouble, and don't do this and don't do that. But it's hard to live up to some people's expectations.

  Rodney King

  Should Have, People, Expectations

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Is there anything sadder than the foods of the 1950s? Canned, frozen, packaged concoctions, served up by the plateful, three meals per day, in an era in which the supermarket was king, the farmer's market was, well, for farmers, and the word 'locavore' sounded vaguely like a mythical beast.

  Jeffrey Kluger

  Meals, Three, Frozen

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• The greatest difference between now and 1964, when I began teaching, is that public policy has pretty much eradicated the dream of Martin Luther King.

  Jonathan Kozol

  Dream, Teaching, Differences

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• When I was teaching in the 1960s in Boston, there was a great deal of hope in the air. Martin Luther King Jr. was alive, Malcolm X was alive; great, great leaders were emerging from the southern freedom movement.

  Jonathan Kozol

  Teaching, Boston, Air

  The Education World Interview, www.educationworld.com.

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• I always believe the rule by king or official leader is outdated. Now we must catch up with the modern world.

  Dalai Lama

  Believe, Leader, World

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• I'm Machiavelli's offspring, I'm the king of New York, king of the coast, one hand, I juggle them both.

  Kendrick Lamar

  New York, Hands, Coast

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Carole King's second album, 'Tapestry,' has fulfilled the promise of her first and confirmed the fact that she is one of the most creative figures in all of pop music. It is an album of surpassing personal-intimacy and musical accomplishment and a work infused with a sense of artistic purpose. It is also easy to listen to and easy to enjoy.

  Jon Landau

  Accomplishment, Creative, Musical

  Jon Landau (1972). “It's too late to stop now: a rock and roll journal”

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• Class can 'walk with kings and keep its virtue and talk with crowds and keep the common touch.' Everyone is comfortable with the person who has class because that person is comfortable with himself.

  Ann Landers

  Class, Crowds, Common

  Ann Landers (1981). “Ann Lander's Encyclopedia, A to Z: Improve Your Life Emotionally, Medically, Sexually, Socially, Spiritually”, Ballantine Books

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• If my brother and I wanted money in our pockets, we had to get jobs - my first was at 15, at Burger King.

  Queen Latifah

  Brother, Jobs, Income

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I was a busy kid in high school - a little bit of an overachiever, I guess. Prom king was kind of silly, but the rest of the stuff was important to me.

  John Legend

  Silly, School, Kids

  Seventeen Interview, www.seventeen.com. November 23, 2006.

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• I think life on the road really suits very egotistical men. It's set up for kings.

  Annie Lennox

  Men, Thinking, Suits

  "I would have been perfect as a man". Interview with Andrew Anthony, www.theguardian.com. October 09, 2010.

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• The Los Angeles riots were not caused by the Rodney King verdict. The Los Angeles riots were caused by rioters.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Inspirational, Loser, Los Angeles

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• The best servants of the people, like the best valets, must whisper unpleasant truths in the master's ear. It is the court fool, not the foolish courtier, whom the king can least afford to lose.

  Walter Lippmann

  People, Ears, Fool

  Walter Lippmann (1914). “A Preface to Politics”

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• The ideals and principles for which Martin Luther King Jr. fought have never been forgotten and are as relevant today as they were 40 years ago.

  George Lucas

  Years, Today, Principles

  "Lucas donates $1 million for MLK memorial". www.today.com. October 21, 2005.

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• He took me from not being able to write a word in terms of writing screenplays to being the king of wooden dialogue.

  George Lucas

  Writing, Able, Term

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• We have not overthrown the divine right of kings to fall down for the divine right of experts.

  Harold MacMillan

  Fall, Divine Right, Experts

  1950 Speech, Strasbourg,16 Aug.

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• I'd rather break stones on the king's highway than hem a handkerchief.

  Anne Sullivan Macy

  Hem, Stones, Break

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• It was Dr. King's tireless activism that fostered our modern way of relating to one another.

  Wynton Marsalis

  Drs, Way, Modern

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• This rebuilding of New Orleans gives us the perfect opportunity to see if we're ready to extend the legacy of Dr. King.

  Wynton Marsalis

  Opportunity, New Orleans, Giving

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• An awful lot of fantasy, and even some great fantasy, falls into the mistake of assuming that a good man will be a good king, that all that is necessary is to be a decent human being and when you're king everything will go swimmingly.

  George R. R. Martin

  Mistake, Fall, Men

  "‘Game Of Thrones’ Author George R. R. Martin Answers Fans’ Questions Live" by Amy Lee, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 28, 2011.

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• There are some examples of medieval kings who were terrible human beings but were nevertheless good kings.

  George R. R. Martin

  Example, Medieval, Terrible

  "‘Game Of Thrones’ Author George R. R. Martin Answers Fans’ Questions Live" by Amy Lee, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 28, 2011.

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