Abuse Quotes - Page 13

• Children are the world's most valuable resource and its best hope for the future.

  John F. Kennedy

  Hope, Children, Presidential

  United States Committee for UNICEF, July 25, 1963.

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• Her little fists pummeled at him, and he accepted the abuse. Until he realized she’d made an improper fist and was actually hurting herself. He wound an arm around her waist, spun her and slammed her into the hard line of his body to still her. “Let me go!” “In a minute.” As she struggled, he pulled her thumb out from beneath her fingers and rearranged her fist. “Hit like this.” Done, he released her.

  Gena Showalter

  Hurt, Done, Thumbs

  Gena Showalter (2016). “The Darkest Seduction”, p.348, HQN Books

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• If abuses are destroyed, man must destroy them. If slaves are freed, man must free them. If new truths are discovered, man must discover them. If the naked are clothed; if the hungry are fed; if justice is done; if labor is rewarded; if superstition is driven from the mind; if the defenseless are protected, and if the right finally triumphs, all must be the work of man. The grand victories of the future must be won by man, and by man alone.

  Robert Green Ingersoll

  People, Justice, Humanity

  "Ingersollia: Gems of Thought".

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• Kyle had to give her credit; it took skill—plus no heart and a serious abuse of the English language— to break up with someone in fewer than 140 characters.

  Julie James

  Heart, Character, Skills

  Julie James (2012). “About That Night”, p.39, Penguin

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• The fact is that far more crime and child abuse has been committed by zealots in the name of God, Jesus and Mohammed than has ever been committed in the name of Satan. Many people don’t like that statement, but few can argue with it.

  Carl Sagan

  Jesus, Children, Names

  Carl Sagan (2011). “Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark”, p.209, Ballantine Books

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• Our prime minister could embrace and forgive the people who killed our beloved sons and fathers, and so he should, but he could not, would not, apologise to the Aboriginal people for 200 years of murder and abuse. The battle against the Turks, he said in Gallipoli, was our history, our tradition. The war against the Aboriginals, he had already said at home, had happened long ago. The battle had made us; the war that won the continent was best forgotten

  Peter Carey

  Father, War, Home

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• Fortunately, God made all varieties of people with a wide variety of interests and abilities. He has called people of every race and color who have been hurt by life in every manner imaginable. Even the scars of past abuse and injury can be the means of bringing healing to another. What wonderful opportunities to make disciples!

  Charles R. Swindoll

  Leadership, Hurt, Mean

  Charles R. Swindoll (2008). “Walk with Jesus: A Journey to the Cross and Beyond”, p.57, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• I felt angry, frustrated. I felt I didn't belong, not in my church, not in my home, not in my skin. Amidst the chaos, i felt alone, in need of a friend instead of a sister, someone detached from my world. The "woman's role" theory disgusted me. I would soon be a woman, and I knew I could never perform as expected. I was tired of my mom's submission to her religion, to her husband's sick quest for an heir, to his abuse. I was sick of my dad, of reaching for him as he fell farther away from us and into the arms of Johnnie WB.

  Ellen Hopkins

  Mom, Husband, Dad

  Ellen Hopkins (2013). “Burned”, p.67, Simon and Schuster

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• Any altruistic system is inherently unstable, because it is open to abuse by selfish individuals, ready to exploit it.

  Richard Dawkins

  Selfish, Individual, Unstable

  Richard Dawkins (2016). “The Selfish Gene: 40th Anniversary edition”, p.140, Oxford University Press

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• No one should be ashamed to speak up. Shame makes it easy for neglect and abuse and bullying to stay huddled together in their dark corner. It’s time to throw the switch on this spotlight. If I can inspire other kids to speak their truth, then everything I’ve been through will have been worth it.

  Susane Colasanti

  Bullying, Kids, Dark

  Susane Colasanti (2012). “Keep Holding On”, p.121, Penguin

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• The abuse of the Earth is the ecological crisis.

  Vandana Shiva

  Earth, Ecological Crisis, Crisis

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• In the real world, equal respect for all cultures doesn't translate into a rich mosaic of colorful and proud peoples interacting peacefully while maintaining a delightful diversity of food and craftwork. It translates into closed pockets of oppression, ignorance, and abuse.

  Ayaan Hirsi Ali

  Real, Ignorance, Diversity

  Ayaan Hirsi Ali (2011). “Nomad: From Islam to America: A Personal Journey Through the Clash of Civilizations”, p.213, Simon and Schuster

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• If the system turns away from the abuses inflicted on the guilty, then who can be next but the innocents?

  Michael Connelly

  Next, Guilty, Turns

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• You have amazing gifts. Don't squander them. Don't give them out meaninglessly, don't abuse them, don't take them for granted. You are the weapon you carry with you till the day you die. -Tatiana and Alexander

  Paullina Simons

  Giving, Weapons, Granted

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• Personal purity isn’t really the issue. Not supporting animal abuse – and persuading others not to support it – is.

  Peter Singer

  Animal, Issues, Support

  Peter Singer, Jim Mason (2007). “The Ethics of What We Eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter”, p.283, Rodale

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• From her dubious tone alone, I could see how Karin had no idea how terrifying words spoken quietly could be. How words chosen precisely to wreak maximum damage ticked like a bomb in your head, but exploded in your heart hours later, leaving you scarred and changed.

  Justina Chen

  Heart, Ideas, Leaving

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• If man is not made in the image of God, nothing then stands in the way of inhumanity. There is no good reason why mankind should be perceived as special. Human life is cheapened. We can see this in many of the major issues being debated in our society today.

  Francis Schaeffer

  Children, Men, Issues

  "The Complete Works of Francis A. Schaeffer: A Christian view of the west".

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• When purpose is not known, abuse is inevitable

  Myles Munroe

  Purpose, Inevitable, Known

  Myles Munroe (2001). “Understanding the Purpose & Power of Woman”, p.34, Whitaker House

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• I am not a fan of people who abuse service staff. In fact, I find it intolerable. It’s an unpardonable sin as far as I’m concerned, taking out personal business or some other kind of dissatisfaction on a waiter or busboy.

  Anthony Bourdain

  People, Fans, Facts

  "Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook". Book by Anthony Bourdain, 2010.

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• My point about alcohol is that if you abuse something, it abuses you back.

  Michka Assayas

  Alcohol, Ifs

  Michka Assayas (2006). “Bono”, p.110, Penguin

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• For most of the universe's life is not all gummy wads and tarty tarts; is a struggle against hardship, unfairness, corruption, abuse, and adversity in all its guises, where even to survive - let alone survive with dignity - is heroic. To soldier through the days in the wake of failure is the courageous act of many.

  Frank Beddor

  Struggle, Adversity, Soldier

  Frank Beddor (2006). “The Looking Glass Wars”, Dial Books for Young Readers

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• It was the combination of many factors... With most people, suicide is like Russian roulette. Only one chamber has a bullet. With the Lisbon girls, the gun was loaded. A bullet for family abuse. A bullet for genetic predisposition. A bullet for historical malaise. A bullet for inevitable momentum. The other two bullets are impossible to name, but that doesn't mean the chambers were empty.

  Jeffrey Eugenides

  Girl, Suicide, Mean

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• You know how most illnesses have symptoms you can recognize? Like fever, upset stomach, chills, whatever. Well, with manic depression, it's sexual promiscuity, excessive spending, and substance abuse - and that just sounds like a fantastic weekend in Vegas to me!

  Carrie Fisher

  Weekend, Vegas, Upset Stomach

  Carrie Fisher (2012). “Wishful Drinking”, p.114, Simon and Schuster

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• Mother can beat me all she wants, but I haven’t let her take away my will to somehow survive.

  Dave Pelzer

  Mother, Want, Beats

  Dave Pelzer (1993). “A Child Called It: One Child's Courage to Survive”, p.4, Health Communications, Inc.

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• You simply collapsed, sir. In layman's terms, your body revoked its permission for you to continue heaping abuse upon it.

  Scott Lynch

  Body, Permission, Term

  Scott Lynch (2006). “The Lies of Locke Lamora”, p.363, Spectra

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