Chelsea Manning Quotes
The evidence is overwhelming that it should be deemed as such: solitary confinement in the U.S. is arbitrary, abused, and unnecessary in many situations. It is cruel, degrading, and inhumane and is effectively a 'no touch' torture.
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My style of singing is very much Latin jazz meets Latin and a little bit of rhythm and blues. When I do ballads, my fans love it. They want to listen to my classics. They want to party.
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Governments, of course, can - and do - soak the rich.
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Home is, I suppose just a child's idea. A house at night, and a lamp in the house. A place to feel safe.
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I guess I'm way too kind and generous, and a saint - if you can believe that!
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There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute, which goes directly to the heart of him who has had frequent occasion to test the paltry friendship and gossamer fidelity of mere Man.
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The Touchables, whether they are vegetarians or flesh-eaters, are united in their objection to eat cow's flesh. As against them stand the Untouchables, who eat cow's flesh without compunction and as a matter of course and habit.
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Conceptual art, I don't even know what that is.
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I went to UCLA, my dad's alma mater, and that was his dream.
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The Welsh have everywhere adopted the Cymric tongue; they hug themselves in the belief that they are pure descendants of the ancient Britons, but in fact, they are rather Silurians than Celts.
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For a New York actor, there are two things you look forward to - getting your SAG card and being on 'Law and Order.'
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It is one of the blessings of this world that few people see visions and dream dreams.
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Oprah has definitely caught my eye. My mom and I used to watch her shows. We just love her.
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I have been a lifelong community activist and frankly did not dream of being in public office.
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My grandfather did a lot of things in his life. What he was most proud of was raising his family.
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There are two words for everything.
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The government that's strong enough to give you what you want by taking it from someone else is strong enough to take everything you have and give it to someone else.
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I like to borrow forms and quotes and use a lot of allusions, in both poetry and music.
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I always feel like hard work leads the way, and from there, I leave it up to the powers that be.
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I'll watch Ricky Gervais in anything he does. The guy's hilarious.
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The important thing to remember is war does not progress linearly. The future course of events is going to be very difficult to predict with a high degree of precision.
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I have written about the dispossessed, immigrants, the condition of women who do not enjoy the same legal rights as men, the Palestinians who are deprived of their land and condemned to exile.
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I think 'Badlands' is my favorite movie because it reminded me of where I was from.
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Lose yourself in generous service and every day can be a most unusual day, a triumphant day, an abundantly rewarding day!
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The evidence is overwhelming that it should be deemed as such: solitary confinement in the U.S. is arbitrary, abused, and unnecessary in many situations. It is cruel, degrading, and inhumane and is effectively a 'no touch' torture.
