Lemn Sissay When somebody takes a child from their native culture, that is in itself an act of aggression. – Lemn Sissay Aggression Quotes Child Quotes Culture Quotes Native Quotes Takes Quotes My foster parents were very religious. They told me that they had not decided to take me in, rather that it was God that had decided it for them. I have spent most of my adult life proving that I existed. A blog is an accessible way of doing this – there is a date and place in cyberspace that I existed a year ago, to the day, and the proof is still there.
Richard Bacon Here in the States, I have seen plenty of examples where those who have said something stupid or offensive in public then turn up on Fox News, claiming to have been cancelled. But they are talking on a national television channel. How does that count as being cancelled? – Richard Bacon
Isabel Allende A memoir is my version of events. My perspective. I choose what to tell and what to omit. I choose the adjectives to describe a situation, and in that sense, I’m creating a form of fiction. – Isabel Allende
Bob Woodward I recently read some of the transcripts of Nixon’s Watergate tapes, and they spent hours trying to figure out who was leaking and providing information to Carl and myself. – Bob Woodward
Charles Platt At 3-D Imax theaters, audiences have shown they are willing to pay a premium to wear headgear fitted with liquid-crystal lenses synchronized via infrared signals with the movie projector, which runs at twice the normal frame rate. These movie viewers plumb new depths in depth perception – they experience extreme realism. – Charles Platt
Eddie Van Halen Every song is like a kid. How can you have that many kids and have a favorite? Which one do I like to hang most with? – Eddie Van Halen
Halima Aden For a really long time, I thought being different was a negative thing. But as I grew older, I started to realize we were all born to stand out; nobody is born to blend in. – Halima Aden
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