"One of the problems with defending free speech is you often have to defend people that you find to be outrageous and unpleasant and disgusting."

-- Salman Rushdie

#People Quotes #Speech Quotes #Problem Quotes

“The game of power is played remorselessly by men who have not the slightest knowledge of, or interest in, the way ordinary people live, and the ordinary people are too terrified to protest.”
“Mark Twain cannot be defined.”
“When I was a kid, we never had a videogame in my house. But my cousin did, and each time I went to her house I was able to play 'Tetris' and 'Mario.' Those were the only two games I played as a child.”
“In Washington they have their hawks and doves and in Ottawa we have our parrots.”
“But in my heart I knew the old Bryce was toast. There was no going back. Not to Garrett or Shelly or Miranda or any of the other people who wouldn't understand. Juli was different, but after all these years that didn't bother me anymore. I liked it. I liked her.”
“Realistic thinking is based on what others think is possible-but they are not you and have no way of knowing your potential and purposes”
“What was life asking of me? How could I respond when I didn't know the question?”

Source : Ruta Sepetys (2011). “Between Shades of Gray”, p.207, Penguin
“Science is teaching man to know and reverence truth, and to believe that only so far as he knows and loves it can he live worthily on earth, and vindicate the dignity of his spirit.”

Source : Moses Harvey (1886). “Where are We and Whither Tending?: Three Lectures on the Reality and Worth of Human Progress”

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