"you must cry out if you want help. It is no use whatsoever to suffer in silence. Who will succour the drowning man if he does not clamour for his life?"

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Source : Kamala Markandaya (2000). “Nectar in a sieve and related readings”

Kamala Markandaya

#Men Quotes #Speaking Up Quotes #Silence Quotes

“I don't think that boxing historians have been able to find a case in which a great fighter, or a fighter presumed to be a great fighter, came to such an ignominious end.”
“Zionism, like other self-determination movements...”
“I always received much more satisfaction as a defense attorney in obtaining an acquittal for a client than I ever have as a D.A. in obtaining a conviction. All my interests and sympathies tend to be on the side of the individual as opposed to the state.”
“The world is a very big place and there are many wonderful people in with ideas you haven't thought about. Talk to them, find out what they're thinking, so that you can be the best person you can be.”

Source : Source: bobmorris.biz
“Some of the bigger companies seem to be copying only to make money, which creatively is very bad. I sometimes wonder if they have any respect.”

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“As parents, we can do a great deal to further this goal by helping our children develop alternative ways of knowing the world verbally/analytically and visually/spatially. During the crucial early years, parents can help to shape a child's life in such a way that words do not completely mask other kinds of reality. My most urgent suggestions to parents are concerned with the use of words, or rather, not using words.”

Source : "The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain". Book by Betty Edwards, 1979.
“People don't help much.”
“Cats didn't start as mousers. Weasels and snakes and dogs are more efficient as rodent-control agents. I postulate that cats started as psychic companions, as Familiars, and have never deviated from this function.”

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