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My Own Life

By Oliver Sacks — 2015

A month ago, I felt that I was in good health, even robust health. At 81, I still swim a mile a day. But my luck has run out—a few weeks ago I learned that I have multiple metastases in the liver.

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There is nothing more majestic than the determined courage of individuals willing to suffer and sacrifice for their freedom and dignity.

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Martin Luther King Jr.
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Courage is an inner resolution to go forward despite obstacles; Cowardice is submissive surrender to circumstances. Courage breeds creativity; Cowardice represses fear and is mastered by it.

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Martin Luther King Jr.
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I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.

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One of the great liabilities of history is that all too many people fail to remain awake through great periods of social change. Every society has its protectors of status quo and its fraternities of the indifferent who are notorious for sleeping through revolutions.

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Martin Luther King Jr.
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I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

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Martin Luther King Jr.
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No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they’d die for.

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Martin Luther King Jr.
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Intelligence plus character — that is the goal of true education.

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Martin Luther King Jr.
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The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

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