"A voice is a human gift; it should be cherished and used, to utter fully human speech as possible. Powerlessness and silence go together."

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Source : "Margaret Atwood on a voyage to the world's end" by Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. August 29, 2009.

Margaret Atwood

#Bad Ass Quotes #Voice Quotes #Silence Quotes

“Young men now want to be caregivers as well as earners so they have joined with women in demanding a different compact at work; they want flex and time for family too.”
“The mind is absolutely instrumental in achieving results, even for athletes. Sports psychology is a very small part, but it's extremely important when you're winning and losing races by hundredths and even thousandths of a second.”
“You have to live with your mind your whole life.”
“Great minds have always seen it. That is why man has survived his journey this long. When we fail to wish any longer to be otherwise than what we are, we will have ceased to evolve. Evolution has to be lived forward. I say this as one who has stood above the bones of much that has vanished, and at midnight has examined his own face.”
“We think by feeling. What is there to know?”
“I live in a Swiss village so small, if you sneeze everyone knows.”
“Justice goes across racial and economic barriers - like the good Samaritan.”
“Most regular superhero books are designed to go on forever; of course, very few of them do, but the point is they are trying to throw mud against the wall and hope it will stick, and most of it slides off.”

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