Witness Quotes - Page 31

• The violence perpetrated by men against women must stop - and it's up to men to stop it. It is up to men to speak up and step in when they witness violence against women, and it is up to men to condemn the indefensible actions of the few and assert the will of the many.

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  Men, Violence, Action

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• Music has as many roles as people make it. I traveled to Burma once years ago to witness the people's struggle for democracy, meet some people and learn some stuff. And I had this incredible experience over and over again in the Burmese jungle or refugee camps or health clinics with very oppressed, very devastated people. I show up, and I'm white and I'm American and I'm privileged and I have an experience that these people can't fathom and vice versa. There was this huge chasm when I met people for all good reasons.

  Ani DiFranco

  Struggle, People, Democracy

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• As for my interest in diversity, I believe it is closely aligned with my work on the project, Giving Voice To Values. That is, there are often times when we may witness or personally experience situations where some individuals are not treated with the same respect or care as others, precisely due to some difference in their identities, their styles, their experiences, or their perspectives. Often it is difficult to speak up in such a situation, for ourselves or for others.

  Mary C. Gentile

  Believe, Diversity, Perspective

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• Beyond the earliest days of the religion, early Christians were believers because they'd been converted, not because they were witnesses to supernatural events, just like today. The 9/11 hijackers believed in Paradise for martyrs, but that doesn't mean that that's true. We have no good reason to imagine that eyewitnesses wrote the gospels rather than someone simply documenting the Jesus story as it had developed within their church community.

  Robert B. Seidensticker

  Christian, Jesus, Mean

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• The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.

  Muhammad Ali

  Motivational, Success, Dance

  FaceBook post by Muhammad Ali from Nov 17, 2014

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• I have made my living bearing witness to some of the most horrific events of the end of our century, at the end of the 20th century.

  Christiane Amanpour

  Events, Century, Ends

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• That the Jews assumed a right exclusively to the benefits of God will be a lasting witness against them and the same will it be against Christians.

  William Blake

  God, Christian, Benefits

  William Blake (2008). “The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake”, p.615, Univ of California Press

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• Even in the most beautiful music there are some silences, which are there so we can witness the importance of silence.

  Andrea Bocelli

  Beautiful, Silence, Importance

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• Throughout my career, I had the great fortune to experience firsthand as well as to witness what it means to be a CIA officer.

  John O. Brennan

  Mean, Careers, Fortune

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• Unfortunately, in today's world we have to be reminded that the power of an oath derives from the fact that in it we ask God to bear witness to the promises we make with the implicit expectation that He will hold us accountable for the manner in which we honor them.

  James L. Buckley

  Expectations, Honor, Promise

  James L. Buckley (2010). “Freedom at Risk: Reflections on Politics, Liberty, and the State”, p.245, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• I want to thank you for taking time out of your day to come and witness my hanging.

  George W. Bush

  Thank You, Thanksgiving, Want

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• We, unlike Nazi Germany or Mussolini's Italy, have never stopped being a nation of laws, not of men. But witness how men with motives and a majority can manipulate law to cruel and unjust ends.

  Robert Byrd

  Men, Law, Majority

  Sen. Robert C. Byrd (2008). “Letter to a New President: Commonsense Lessons for Our Next Leader”, p.83, Macmillan

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• A witness, in the sense that I am using the word, is a man whose life and faith are so completely one that when the challenge comes to step out and testify for his faith, he does so, disregarding all risks, accepting all consequences.

  Whittaker Chambers

  Men, Challenges, Risk

  Whittaker Chambers (2014). “Witness”, p.5, Regnery Publishing

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• I grew up a witness to gay politics in its early days. I remember seeing Harvey Milk and been moved by him.

  Margaret Cho

  Gay, Milk, Remember

  "Margaret Cho: funny and fierce". Interview with Michael James Rocha, www.sandiegouniontribune.com. November 27, 2013.

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• For far too long the world's poorest people have seen no benefit from the vast natural resources in their own backyards. It is time to end the injustice where ordinary people are silent witnesses, left to suffer without basic services, as the profits from their countries' assets are hidden and plundered by corrupt regimes.

  Nick Clegg

  Country, Long, People

  "Nick Clegg announces support for new transparency law" by Juliette Jowit, www.theguardian.com. October 11, 2012.

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• In so many and such important ways, then, do the planets bear witness to the earth's mobility.

  Nicolaus Copernicus

  Important, Mobility, Earth

  Nicolaus Copernicus (1978). “On the revolutions”

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• We who were born were not witnesses to our birth: like death, it is something we are forever after trying to catch sight of.

  Rachel Cusk

  Sight, Forever, Trying

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• Life isn't something you possess. It's something you take part in, and you witness.

  Louis C. K.

  Life, Comedian, Possession

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• The writer isn't made in a vacuum. Writers are witnesses. The reason we need writers is because we need witnesses to this terrifying century.

  E. L. Doctorow

  Writing, Scary, Vacuums

  Interview in "Writers at Work" (The Paris Review Interviews), 8th Series, 1988.

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• The idea that murder victims' families are best served by continuing the cycle of violence is something that I consider to be not only a lie, but criminally negligent. You lie to victims' families when you tell them they're going to receive closure if they participate in the process and witness the execution of a human being.

  Steve Earle

  Lying, Murder Victims, Ideas

  Interview with Noel Murray, www.avclub.com. August 18, 2004.

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• The F.B.I. is about nuts and bolts. It's all about witnesses and procedure and walking the streets.

  Aaron Eckhart

  Nuts, Procedures, Streets

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• The idea of 'Voice of Witness' is to let survivors and witnesses of human-rights abuses tell their story at length. It started with a course that I co-taught at U.C. Berkeley journalism school back in 2003.

  Dave Eggers

  School, Rights, Ideas

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• It is the inspiration of the Olympic Games that drives people not only to compete but to improve, and to bring lasting spiritual and moral benefits to the athlete and inspiration to those lucky enough to witness the athletic dedication.

  Herb Elliott

  Spiritual, Inspirational Sports, Athlete

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

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• Whenever we witness art in a building, we are aware of an energy contained by it.

  Arthur Erickson

  Art, Energy, Building

  Speech to McGill University School of Architecture, www.arthurerickson.com. October 21, 2000.

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• The fundamental idea which defines a human being as a Muslim is the declaration of faith: that there is a creator, whom we call God - or Allah, in Arabic - and that the creator is one and single. And we declare this faith by the declaration of faith, where we... bear witness that there is no God but God.

  Feisal Abdul Rauf

  Ideas, Fundamentals, Bears

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