Abuse Quotes - Page 9

• I think the dangers are different now. Our abuse of the planet and our resources is an anxiety.

  Carol Ann Duffy

  Thinking, Anxiety, Different

  "Christmas Carol" by Hephzibah Anderson, www.theguardian.com. December 3, 2005.

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• The government doesn't really prosecute for polygamy anymore, but a lot of the arrests are of groups supporting themselves through welfare scams or for child abuse. So that was all I'd really heard about polygamists.

  Jeanne Tripplehorn

  Children, Government, Groups

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• Countries across the world are taking action now to help them track paedophiles and terrorists who abuse new technology to plot their horrific crimes.

  Theresa May

  Country, Technology, Track

  "Theresa May hits back in coalition clash over 'snooper's charter'" by Alan Travis, Hélène Mulholland, www.theguardian.com. December 11, 2012.

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• We are seeing, we have seen in the last figures a significant drop in the number of net migrants coming into the United Kingdom. So we are cutting out abuse, we've restricted the number of economic - non-EU economic migrants. We're cutting out abuse across the student visa system, particularly, and we're having an impact.

  Theresa May

  Cutting, Impact, Numbers

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

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• I was in my late thirties when my eyes were opened to truth in God's Word that showed me I wasn't living the abundant life Jesus died for me to have. I had a very negative mindset and was miserable most of the time because of the abuse I had experienced throughout my childhood.

  Joyce Meyer

  Jesus, Eye, Childhood

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• The results of any traumatic experience, such as abuse, can only be resolved by experiencing, articulating, and judging every facet of the original experience within a process of careful therapeutic disclosure.

  Alice Miller

  Judging, Process, Results

  Alice Miller (1991). “Breaking down the wall of silence: the liberating experience of facing painful truth”, Penguin Press HC, The

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• This life is a gift, and to reject that gift or abuse that gift is not human and not worthy of us.

  Michael Moore

  Life Is, This Life, Worthy

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• I think it's child abuse to have someone in the public eye too young. Society basically values wealth and fame and power at the cost of well-being. In the case of a child, it's at the cost of someone's natural development. It's already hard enough to develop.

  Alanis Morissette

  Children, Eye, Thinking

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• If anyone has seen the horrific and unwatchable footage of the Chinese cat and dog trade - animals skinned alive - then they could not possibly argue in favour of China as a caring nation. There are no animal protection laws in China, and this results in the worst animal abuse and cruelty on the planet. It is indefensible.

  Steven Morrissey

  Dog, Cat, Caring

  "Morrissey reignites racism row by calling Chinese a 'subspecies'" by Alexandra Topping, www.theguardian.com. September 3, 2010.

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• I will check the internet for at least an hour every morning scanning worldwide news to do with child abuse. So if you're constantly putting yourself in an environment where you're checking up on social economics or homelessness problems, if you keep yourself aware of it, you don't really have a day off.

  Samantha Morton

  Morning, Children, Days Off

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• Joe Arpaio needs no help from me getting attention. For years he has been a beacon of bigotry and intolerance for all the world to see. The list of human and civil-rights abuses he’s committed in Maricopa County is long and well documented.

  Conor Oberst

  Rights, Years, Long

  "‘MariKKKopa’: Conor Oberst Explains New Desaparecidos Track, Which Takes Aim At Sheriff Joe Arpaio". Interview with Kia Makarechi, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 1, 2012.

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• Somebody said to me this morning, 'To what do you attribute your longevity?' I don't know. I mean, I couldn't have planned my life out better. By all accounts I should be dead! The abuse I put my body through: the drugs, the alcohol, the lifestyle I've lived the last 30 years!

  Ozzy Osbourne

  Good Morning, Mean, Years

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• While women across the globe have many differences - language, culture, environment - our similarities are undeniable, and the impact of abuse and oppression affects us all.

  Carre Otis

  Impact, Differences, Culture

  "Speaking for the Silent" by Carre Otis, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 7, 2012.

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• There is a time to take counsel of your fears, and there is a time to never listen to any fear.

  George S. Patton

  Courage, Time, Fear

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• One of the greatest moments in anybody's developing experience is when he no longer tries to hide from himself but determines to get acquainted with himself as he really is.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Motivational, Self Confidence, Trying

  Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (2013). “You Can If You Think You Can”, p.9, Simon and Schuster

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• I worked as a prosecutor watching Catholic priests charged with sex abuse and saw firsthand how the 'circle the wagons' mentality revictimized the innocent, coddled the guilty, and made matters worse for everyone.

  Christine Pelosi

  Sex, Circles, Catholic

  "Penn State Knew and Looked the Other Way" by Christine Pelosi, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 13, 2012.

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• What distresses me at times is that I meet a lot of people in their 40's, 50's, 60's, who still say they're a victim of child abuse.

  Dave Pelzer

  Children, People, Victim

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• Historical hypocrites have themselves carried out the very human rights abuses that they suddenly decide warrant intervention elsewhere.

  Samantha Power

  Hypocrite, Rights, Historical

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• It's funny, because there are so many stereotypes out there about actors and movie stars in general, but I've had a great opportunity to meet a lot of them, and maybe it's just because they don't behave that way around me, but I rarely see that kind of abuse of power.

  Ryan Reynolds

  Stars, Opportunity, Actors

  Interview with Sean O'Neal, www.avclub.com. January 10, 2010.

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• By ensuring that no one in government has too much power, the Constitution helps protect ordinary Americans every day against abuse of power by those in authority.

  John Roberts

  Government, Ordinary, Too Much Power

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• Always Do Your Best. Your best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse and regret.

  Miguel Angel Ruiz

  Inspirational, Regret, Self Esteem

  "The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom". Book by Miguel Angel Ruiz, 1997.

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• Jews know this in their bones. Our community could not exist for a day without its volunteers. They are the lifeblood of our organizations, whether they involve welfare, youth, education, care of the sick and elderly, or even protection against violence and abuse.

  Jonathan Sacks

  Elderly, Organization, Volunteer

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• Enough of this occupation, terror and abuse. We are not in need of your help. We are able to combat and defeat terrorism, and achieve unity. We are not in need of your bases, your experience and etc.

  Muqtada al Sadr

  Unity, Needs, Occupation

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• Bush sees the evil as out there in the wider world, residing in people who 'hate freedom'. Look at his immediate response to the pictures of prisoner abuse; this is not what Americans do, these are not our values.

  Peter Singer

  Hate, People, Evil

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