"I think the reality is Michael Jackson's humanity is so deep, the implications and inferences of his art so monumentally and magnificently global, that nothing American television could do to besmirch his character could ever, if you will, deny the legitimate genius that he represents and America has responded, as indeed has the globe."

-- Michael Eric Dyson

#Art Quotes #Character Quotes #Reality Quotes

“The liberty of the press is indeed essential to the nature of a free state: but this consists in laying no previous restraints upon publications, and not in freedom from censure for criminal matter when published. Every freeman has an undoubted right to lay what sentiments he pleases before the public: to forbid this, is to destroy the freedom of the press: but if he publishes what is improper, mischievous, or illegal, he must take the consequence of his own temerity.”

Source : Sir William Blackstone, Joseph Chitty, Edward Christian, John Eykyn Hovenden, Thomas Lee (1861). “Commentaries on the laws of England: in four books, with an analysis of the work”
“Not many girls would have used their wits the way you did," the officer observed.”

Source : Carolyn Keene (1930). “The Secret of the Old Clock: 80th Anniversary Limited Edition”, p.94, Penguin
“I have no enemies. I dont permit such a thing.”
“I don't make speeches. I just let my bat speak for me in the summertime.”
“Honor is for the living. Dead is dead.”
“The Lord helps those who help themselves.”
“Believe in what you do, because you may have to do it for a long time before it catches on.”
“I've always loved Ibanez guitars, and in particular 7 strings.”

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