Betty Williams Quotes

Compassion is more important than intellect in calling forth the love that the work of peace needs, and intuition can often be a far more powerful searchlight than cold reason.

Betty Williams

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: activist
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: May 22, 1943

Topics

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As long as it is supported by Democratic politicians and by liberal Hollywood players, censorship is a useful tool to stifle dissent.

Andrew Breitbart

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I used to empty the studio out and throw stuff away. I now don't. There will be a whole series of dead ends that a year or two down the line I'll come back to.

Anish Kapoor

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I read the newspapers avidly. It is my one form of continuous fiction.

Aneurin Bevan

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When the judges shall be obliged to go armed, it will be time for the courts to be closed.

Stephen J. Field

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The dumbing down of the country reflects itself on Broadway. The shows get dumber, and the public gets used to them.

Stephen Sondheim

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I like to reminisce with people I don't know.

Steven Wright

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Crucial to science education is hands-on involvement: showing, not just telling; real experiments and field trips and not just 'virtual reality.'

Martin Rees

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Some of the most powerful times are when we're quiet.

Michael W. Smith

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But I was in the Radiohead studio today and Phil was there drumming and Thom was there playing. We feel like we've only just stopped and already people are wanting us to carry on.

Jonny Greenwood

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Digital media are biased toward replication and storage. Our digital photos practically upload and post themselves on Facebook, and our most deleted e-mails tend to resurface when we least expect it. Yes, everything you do in the digital realm may as well be broadcast on prime-time television and chiseled on the side of the Parthenon.

Douglas Rushkoff

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Sometimes my favorite directors are the ones I literally want to punch in the nose.

Connie Britton

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I never liked miming.

Cilla Black

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