"Censorship is the commonest social blasphemy because it is mostly concealed, built into us by indolence, self-interest and cowardice."

-- John Osborne

#Fear Quotes #Self Quotes #Censorship Quotes

“If you do not know the laws of right conduct, you cannot form your character.”
“I am not sure how many "sins" I would recognize in the world. Some would surely be defused by changed circumstances. But I can imagine none that is more irredeemably sinful than the betrayal, the exploitation, of the young by those who should care for them.”
“I am not some sort of freak. I might be very good at chess but I'm just a normal person.”
“The only way to get people to like working hard is to motivate them. Today, people must understand why they're working hard. Every individual in an organization is motivated by something different.”
“I've written three books you could think of as memoirs.”
“There's a moment on the arch of a jump, when you are neither rising nor falling. All you can see is the sky. All you can feel is the air and all you can hear is your heartbeat. That is all you are. Muscle and motion. It's called the deadpoint. I live for that.”
“I'm the kind of person who doesn't wait for opportunities to fall from the sky.”
“Growing up, I was watched by my parents and strongly critiqued. Instead of saying they loved me or showing physical attention, they would joke that I had a Roman nose - that it was roamin' all over my face. Teasing was their way of showing love, but then you are young, sometimes you can't tell the difference.”

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