While there is a lower class, I am in it, while there is a criminal element, I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.
Eugene V. Debs
SoulI AmFreePrisonClassElement
During my time in prison, I told myself that I wanted to be a part of the solution and not the problem.
Michael Vick
TimeMyselfPrisonProblemSolution
Yeah, I've gotten a few letters from prison.
Elisha Cuthbert
PrisonLettersFewYeahGotten
If everyone charged with crimes suddenly exercised his constitutional rights, there would not be enough judges, lawyers, or prison cells to deal with the ensuing tsunami of litigation.
Michelle Alexander
PrisonEnoughLawyersJudgesRights
I found fame to be somewhat of a prison. The more famous you were, the smaller the cell that you had to live in.
Dave Madden
LivePrisonFamousYouFameMore
I'll stay in my house and watch 'Lockup,' the prison show.
Missy Elliott
PrisonHouseWatchStayShow
Before I went to prison, there were not really many blockchain products. It was only bitcoin.
Charlie Shrem
PrisonBlockchainProductsOnlyMany
Look at the opening sequence of 'The Blues Brothers,' which starts at the prison. The way it was filmed, it does not look like a comedy. I thought that was great.
Jay Chandrasekhar
GreatPrisonThoughtComedyLook
I saw worse stuff inside prison than I ever saw in the streets.
Bernard Hopkins
PrisonInsideStreetsSawStuff
Prison is, indeed, a translation of your metaphysics, ethics, sense of history and whatnot into the compact terms of your daily deportment.
Joseph Brodsky
DailyHistoryEthicsPrisonSense
Nobody wants to get locked up, although 'locked up' is a matter of perspective. There can be people who are out who are in prison mentally and emotionally and worse off than those who are behind bars.
Wesley Snipes
PerspectivePeoplePrisonNobodyOut
I used to teach acting in a maximum security men's prison. I worked with guys with the most dysfunctional behavior problems. I probably learned more there than from my prestigious theater degree.
Diane Farr
MenProblemsPrisonBehaviorActing
Stack the cards in your favour, and in a casino, you'll get arrested and put in prison, but in business and in life, it's the right thing to do.
Theo Paphitis
LifeBusinessPrisonYouCardsGet
I am now going from a prison to a palace: I have finished my work, and am now going to receive my wages.
Christopher Love
WorkI AmPrisonNowPalaceGoing
The four walls of paper are like a prison because every idea wants to spring out in all directions - everything is connected with everything else, sometimes more than others.
Ted Nelson
WallsSpringPrisonSometimesOthers
Racism is a moral catastrophe, most graphically seen in the prison industrial complex and targeted police surveillance in black and brown ghettos rendered invisible in public discourse.
Cornel West
PoliceRacismBlackPrisonMoral
They were being driven to a prison, through no fault of their own, in all probability for life. In comparison, how much easier it would be to walk to the gallows than to this tomb of living horrors!
Nellie Bly
LifeWalkPrisonLivingFaultOwn
The benefits of prison education go beyond lowering recidivism rates and increasing post-release employment. It can also rekindle a sense of purpose and confidence.
Clint Smith
EducationConfidencePurposePrison
Oftentimes, when I was reporting on conflict somewhere in the world or prison or wherever I might be, I'd be struck by the fact that religious beliefs were sometimes transformative, sometimes a motivation for violence.
Lawrence Wright
ConflictWorldPrisonMotivation
When I was in prison, a lot of my friends blew me away. But Stephen Fry wrote to me. It was very humbling.
Boy George
MePrisonFriendsAwayHumblingLot
All of a sudden, I don't have a leg. I'm in a wheelchair. I have half a foot; I can't even walk to the bathroom. I'm in a bed, I can't move, and I felt like those four walls were my prison.
Lauren Wasser
WalkWallsPrisonBedBathroomLeg
I loved to read books in the free world, and there was a lot of time to sit around and do nothing in prison. When you read, it opens up your mind; it helped us take our minds away from where we were.
Anthony Ray Hinton
TimeMindWorldFreePrisonLoved
The Past: Our cradle, not our prison; there is danger as well as appeal in its glamour. The past is for inspiration, not imitation, for continuation, not repetition.
Israel Zangwill
PastPrisonRepetitionGlamourWell
I'm a prison abolitionist because the prison system as it is set up is just not working. It's horrible.
Ava DuVernay
PrisonUpSystemHorribleWorking
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