Williamsen Dump Quotes & Sayings

Within a system which denies the existence of basic human rights, fear tends to be the order of the day. Fear of imprisonment, fear of torture, fear of death, fear of losing friends, family, property or means of livelihood, fear of poverty, fear of isolation, fear of failure. A most insidious form of fear is that which masquerades as common sense or even wisdom, condemning as foolish, reckless, insignificant or futile the small, daily acts of courage which help to preserve man's self-respect and inherent human dignity. It is not easy for a people conditioned by fear under the iron rule of the principle that might is right to free themselves from the enervating miasma of fear. Yet even under the most crushing state machinery courage rises up again and again, for fear is not the natural state of civilized man. — Aung San Suu Kyi

Somebody said I sound like an old lady, and I was really insulted by that. I'm trying to sound like Skip James and Smokey Robinson and Marvin Gaye. — Tom Waits

Twitter became a major place to find out what was breaking on the Internet. Facebook became a place to share links. Social media really grew up. — Kevin Rose

I'll do humor about myself, I'll poke fun and everything, but that's me and I can do it to me. I think it's cruel to do it to somebody else. — Delta Burke

That's what I can't stand. I know I'll bounce back, and that's what I can't stand. — William Gaddis

You think the dead we loved ever truly leave us? — J.K. Rowling

Writing is a struggle against the silence where words can have a powerful impact in just a split second and change your life forever ... — Lisa Jones