The reward for playing jazz is playing jazz.
JOHN LEWISI don’t have any extraordinary gifts. I’m just an average Joe who grew up very poor in rural Alabama.
More John Lewis Quotes
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Don’t give up! Don’t give in! Keep the faith! And keep your eyes on the prize!
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Freedom is not a state; it is an act.
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You have to take the long hard look and just believe that if you’re consistent, you will succeed.
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We may not have chosen the time, but the time has chosen us.
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You have to have the capacity and the ability to take what people did, and how they did it, and forgive them and move on.
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If you come together with a mission, and it’s grounded with love and a sense of community, you can make the impossible possible.
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Rioting is not a movement. It is not an act of civil disobedience.
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Hate is too big a burden to bear.
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I believe that teachers – whether in elementary schools, at the secondary level, or at colleges and universities – every teacher deserves the Nobel Peace Prize just for maintaining order in our schools!
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Voting is the most powerful nonviolent tool or instrument that we have in a democratic society. And we must use it.
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Every single vote is precious.
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Nonviolence is one of those immutable principles that we cannot and must not deviate from.
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We built a coalition of conscience, and that we can do it again, and we can go forward, and help redeem the soul of America.
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You have to be optimistic in order to continue to move forward.
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In spite of all of the things, the issues, that we may be confronting today, I’m very hopeful, very optimistic about the future.
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