A riot is the language of the unheard.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Recitation: by Male by Female
I wanted to write about the experiences of the poor and the black and the rural people of the South.
Jesmyn Ward
PeopleBlackPoorWriteRuralAbout
For my part, if I'm working while flying, I'm often a bit relieved to be forced to shut down the computer on final descent. But I guess I'm a slacker.
Meghan Daum
FlyingDownFinalWorkingShutPart
Agitation is the marshalling of the conscience of a nation to mold its laws.
Robert Peel
NationConscienceLawsMold
I have to say that I got off very easy. There were incidents.
Maurice Ashley
EasySayGotOffVeryWere
I was taught by my father. He was head of the primary school so I went to his school until I was 11 - I was the youngest of four daughters and we had all been taught by him. But I didn't really enjoy my secondary education that much, probably because I am a very physical person and don't enjoy sitting at a desk all day.
Amanda Burton
EducationFatherDaySchoolI Am
It is our lack of will that lies behind the continued denial of justice to Jean McConville. Yet there is something that we can do now for her and for ourselves before our silence turns us from spectators into passive accomplices. We can remember her.
Amanda Foreman
JusticeSilenceRememberNowWill
It's tempting to work more than 60 hours a week and sacrifice sleep, not move, and eat bad foods as they are convenient. But this comes with a cost.
Tom Rath
WorkSacrificeSleepWeekBadMore
Most novelists write about twisted lives.
Tom Robbins
WriteTwistedMostAboutNovelists
I will retire with the reputation of Idi Amin.
Rodrigo Duterte
ReputationWillRetire
I try to attack all races and creeds, except the Irish. Clearly they are closest to the angels and don't deserve abuse. But the others have it coming.
Michael O'Donoghue
AngelsDeserveTryOthersIrish
Re-telling the Christian story is the essence of my vocation. That has been going on since the Evangelists in one form or another.
Anne Rice
StoryChristianVocationGoingBeen
I don't have a night stand. If I read at night in bed or too close to sleep-time, I lie awake thinking in the dark for hours.
Ali Smith
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