Agnes Chan Quotes
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I had immigrant grandparents who came to this country and came for religious freedom and loved it, never made any money, Bronx, Brooklyn, but loved America. And they told me every day it's the greatest country in the world.
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Rising anti-Semitism is rarely the lone or the last expression of intolerance in a society.
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We have the highest incarceration rate of any country in the world. 'America, land of liberty and freedom?' You know, that's baloney. More than 2 million Americans are behind bars now. Communist China has four times the population and they have 1.5 million people behind bars.
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It's got to be the ballot or the bullet. The ballot or the bullet. If you're afraid to use an expression like that, you should get back in the cotton patch, you should get back in the alley.
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Violent means will give violent freedom. That would be a menace to the world and to India herself.
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Emancipation from the bondage of the soil is no freedom for the tree.
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We should purify our innate well of contentment - what a wonderful expression - and then external things will be in harmony with us.
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I get burned out on standup. But I like acting. I do like it. But sometimes you just feel like a monkey. You just feel like a complete tool. But I like it. I do like it. Stand-up is just more free. A lot more freedom because you just do what you want to do.
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Denounce me for advocating freedom if you can, and I will bear your curse with a better resignation.
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If you would make the most of yourself, cut away all of your vitality sappers; get rid of everything which hampers you and holds you back, everything which wastes your energy, cuts down your working capital. Get freedom at any cost.
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He who would be no slave must consent to have no slave. Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves and, under a just God, cannot long retain it.
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Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.
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Our expression and our words never coincide, which is why the animals don't understand us.
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Freedom of the press is not an end in itself but a means to the end of achieving a free society.
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Being a conservative has given me clarity; it's given me freedom - my mind is free; therefore, my heart is lighter. And that's a gift from God that I believe we have an obligation to share with others.
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Enlightenment values of individual freedom are manifested best in individual acts of criticism and defiance.
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I'm still like a butterfly going from one job to another job. But it's quite lovely - I hope to keep this freedom, to have fun.
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Harriet Tubman and Sojourner Truth were slaves by birth, freedom fighters by temperament.
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There is no need to carry me to another prison. My life is already ebbing away. I suggest that you nail me to a cross and burn me alive. My flaming body will be a torch to light my people on their path to freedom.
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But I do believe there are certain principles that are universal. I think that all people want basic dignity and want basic freedom, and want to be able to worship as they please without being discriminated against, or they should be able to speak their mind about an important issue pertaining to their community without being arrested.
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It was so much fun to have the freedom to wander America, with no assignments. For 25 or 30 years I never had an assignment. These were all stories I wanted to do myself.
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Slang is a foul pool at which every dunce fills his bucket, and then sets up as a fountain.
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People who think of children's nudity as a tool don't need freedom of expression.
