Speaking Out Quotes - Page 3

• General Colin Powell shocked a lot of people in Washington by speaking out against President Bush's policies, saying that the world is beginning to doubt the moral basis of our fight against terrorism. That's what I think he said - it was hard to hear him because he was being hustled out of the room to his cell in Guantanamo Bay.

  Jay Leno

  Fighting, Thinking, Cells

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• Errors and exaggerations do not matter. What matters is boldness in thinking with a strong-pitched voice, in speaking out about things as one feels them in the moment of speaking; in having the temerity to proclaim what one believes to be true without fear of the consequences. If one were to await the possession of the absolute truth, one must be either a fool or a mute. If the creative impulse were muted, the world would then be stayed on its march.

  Jose Clemente Orozco

  Strong, Fear, Truth

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• Speaking out is important for me because everyone should be treated equally.

  Lance Bass

  Important, Should, Treated

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• One of the best ways to stop the failed policies coming out of Congress is to bring in the ideas and the involvement of the American people, which the America Speaking Out project is designed to do.

  Peter Roskam

  America, Ideas, People

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• To hint at a fault does more mischief than speaking out; for whatever is left for the imagination to finish will not fail to be overdone.

  Hannah More

  Imagination, Criticism, Faults

  Hannah More (1835). “The Works of Hannah More”, p.354

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• To stay quiet is as political an act as speaking out.

  Arundhati Roy

  Political, Quiet

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• One of the great changes wrought by the increased public awareness of Alzheimers - and thank you, Nancy Reagan, you wonderful tough old dame, you - is that people in the early stages of the disease are now speaking out while they still have the capacity to do so.

  Charlie Pierce

  People, Dames, Disease

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• English people are famous for never speaking out but only saying what they really feel about you behind your back. Americans believe the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. I like exploring those, er, differences in national snippiness.

  Rachel Johnson

  Distance, Believe, Two

  Rachel Johnson (2009). “In a Good Place: A Novel”, p.318, Simon and Schuster

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• A public role endures for the literary high-command, as sages and seers, speaking out on social and political issues.

  Tibor Fischer

  Issues, Political, Roles

  "Parallel Stories by Peter Nádas - review" by Tibor Fischer, www.theguardian.com. November 11, 2011.

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• Poetry and music are the best at the highest level of the human mind. Out of poetry, out of their need for poetry, human beings have developed the idea of God. And so when we sing, when we dance, when we speak poetry we are speaking out of God's mouth, each other out of the music from God's heart.

  Maya Angelou

  Heart, Ideas, Mind

  Source: blues.gr

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• I think women in Iran are very resilient and I am very proud of all the Iranian women that are standing up for their rights and speaking out, and I hope that they will succeed and I am glad the international community is paying attention and supporting them as well.

  Anousheh Ansari

  Thinking, Community, Attention

  Source: bigthink.com

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• You get so tired of political correctness. I'm noted for speaking out all my career.

  Joe Arpaio

  Tired, Careers, Political

  Interview with Glenn Thrush, www.politico.com. June 20, 2016.

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• It's true that we in Iraq are now paying a heavy price as a consequence of senseless violence, but nonetheless there are many positive things happening generally on the part of people in Arab countries who were living in darkness and absolute silence because of dictatorship. The people in Arab countries are now speaking out and asking many questions about human rights, minorities, religion, democracy, "the other," and so on.

  Hassan Blasim

  Country, People, Silence

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• Whenever I talk about being a feminist or speaking out for equality, it's also about the idea that men are treated with respect. It's not just about treating women like people and not abusing them. You also can't abuse men and you can't say things like, 'Oh, he was just a man. He didn't know any better.' Or 'He's a man, what did you expect?' That's just as abusive and damaging to men, I feel.

  Evan Rachel Wood

  Men, People, Feminist

  Source: www.elle.com

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• I'm definitely feeling whatever's going on pretty hard. It's like playing Barbies. You're holding the Barbies, but all of the action is happening inside of your head. You might be holding them or even speaking out loud, but really, all of the animation is internal. That's sort of how I feel about my writing. And then the really awful thing is that at the end of the day after crying and experiencing things, then you look at what you've written and you're like, "Hmm, there's half a page that's good here." Then you throw out everything else.

  Zoe Kazan

  Writing, Feelings, Barbie

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Donald Trump's impulsivity concerns me. He's fanning the flames of xenophobia and Islamophobia and the American people are speaking out against it.

  Andre Carson

  Xenophobia, Flames, People

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• You will agree that the Duke Lacrosse team raped and damaged or whatever, even though it didn't happen. You will be made to agree. You will understand that there is going to be amnesty and you will love it and you will stop speaking out against it. And until you do, you are in our crosshairs. It's who they are. That is the modern-day Democrat Party, and certainly that is the attitude of their major donors.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Attitude, Team, Party

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• Some of my peers are artists who are at the same level as I am and have been getting paid more than I have, so there's even a pay gap. It's disgusting. But as soon as you get one person speaking out about it then you'll get other people coming out of the cracks saying, "Actually, me too." I'm starting to see and feel a bit of change in the industry now. It's long, long overdue, but it's a beautiful thing to see and it's just going to get better as the days go by.

  Nadine Shah

  Beautiful, Artist, Long

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• When we look at the arts and letters in America, especially if we look at poetry, and poetry set to music, this dialogue, we have this very powerful beautiful, eclectic, diary, or narration of being in America, being American, participating in America, becoming more of America and also as an American, the American creative spirit, which is quite interesting. Our composers and poets have spent more time writing and thinking and speaking out of what it means to be a composer or poet as well as to be an American, or a composer or poet In America; both relationships.

  Thomas Hampson

  Beautiful, Art, Powerful

  Source: bigthink.com

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• In Speaking Out I do my best to answer those questions I was asked and more, and I provide strategies for how to speak out and keep on speaking out without burning out.

  Tara Moss

  Speak, Strategy

  Source: www.psychologytoday.com

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• I am really glad women are speaking out.

  Danielle Brooks

  Glad

  "Danielle Brooks, Gabourey Sidibe and More Dance in Lingerie to Prove 'This Body Is Beautiful'". Interview with Colleen Kratofil, people.com. October 04, 2016.

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• Walt Shaub is a true ethics hero for speaking out.

  Reince Priebus

  Hero, Ethics, Walt

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• The Washington Post speaking out against state legislation that he believed would let businesses deny services to gay, lesbian and transgender people. [Tim] Cook himself came out as gay in the pages of Bloomberg Businessweek.

  Laura Sydell

  Gay, People, Pages

  "How Tim Cook's Stand Over Digital Privacy Could Define Apple's Future". "All Things Considered" with Laura Sydell, www.npr.org. February 25, 2016.

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• Vaclav Havel had moral stature. The president in first Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic in many ways is a ceremonial role. And so, speaking out and having that strong moral fiber, people just knew that he told the truth to people who had only heard lies. And so I think his - that's his legacy.

  Judy Woodruff

  Strong, Lying, Thinking

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• The people in Arab countries are now speaking out and asking many questions about human rights, minorities, religion, democracy, "the other," and so on.

  Hassan Blasim

  Country, Rights, People

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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