![It [defending Salmon Rushdie] was, if I can phrase it like this, a matter of everything I hated versus everything I loved. In the hate column: dictatorship, religion, stupidity, demagogy, censorship, bullying and intimidation. In the love column: literature, irony, humor, the individual and the defense of free expression.](/assets/img/quote-photos/it-defending-salmon-rushdie-was-if-i-can-phrase-it-like-this-a-matter-of-ever.jpg)
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bullying children thinking
The world is an unfair place because of bullying. A lot of parents loose their children because of bullying next time think twice before bullying someone. Ryan Lewis
bullying kids cutting
In terms of bullying, there are so many new laws in America, I am not sure about worldwide, but in America, the laws for bullying are getting strict. And I am really excited of how strict they are and I think it has cut down on a lot of bullying. As a kid I was a bully and I was bullied. I lived both sides of it. To see what is being done with bullying now is super important. Tyra Banks
bullying printing accusation
That is the biggest form of bullying ever, the paparazzi. Printing lies, making accusations, it's just bullying. Mila Kunis
bullying book keys
Banning books is just another form of bullying. It's all about fear and an assumption of power. The key is to address the fear and deny the power. James Howe
bullying powerful artist
Well, it's pretty ironic to get an artist achievement award from the same foundation that disavowed one of my artistic achievements (that they had also earlier funded). It's a goddamn brainteaser. The Endowment had reinforced the worst bullying tactics of powerful lobbying groups and had created a less-secure environment for their own funded project to do its work in Jon Rubin
bullying ignorance ideas
There's not a lot of tolerance for people like me... To avoid ignorance and bullying, I've had to hide the fact that I'm a troll. You have no idea how much time and money I've spent on electrolysis and hair dye and reconstructive surgery so I can look like this. Jon Cryer
bullying self-esteem envy
The self-despisers are less intent on their own increase than on the diminution of others. Where self-esteem is unobtainable, envy takes the place of greed. Eric Hoffer
bullying two common-sense
Do not be bullied out of your common sense by the specialist; two to one, he is a pedant. Oliver Wendell Holmes
bullying people mind
Things will get easier, people's minds will change, and you should be alive to see it. Ellen DeGeneres
hate job kids learning lesson love math responsibility
Kids love it. They get learning experiences out of it. They learn what having a job is. What responsibility is. How that math lesson you hate to do will come in handy. Anne Hendricks
haters lawn sean stop wanna wearing
Haters wanna stop my lute,they don't want me wearing Sean John, they want me wearing lawn suits.
hated leave legacy music wonderful
I thought what a wonderful thing it is to leave a legacy to this world, which he has, because his music is his legacy. I hated to see it just go away.
hates somebody table works
I think what I bring to the table is a lot of heart, a lot of energy, and somebody that works hard. Somebody who hates to lose. Manti Te'o
hate heart men
Hate your enemy with a whole heart, and if a man smite you on one cheek, SMASH him on the other! Anton LaVey
hates lose shake stand
I don't know which one of us hates to lose more. I can't stand it when you have to go over there and shake (the other team's) hands.
hated man north
He was the most hated man in North Florida.
hate flower opposites
The possibility that hope comes out of hopelessness and that the opposite of things carry the seeds of birth - love out of hate, good out of evil. Didn't flowers grow out of dirt? Robert Cormier
hate people soul
I hate those movies where hundreds of people get blown up and there are jokes afterward. They poison the soul. Rob Reiner
expression gene major separates
We think gene expression is a major part of what separates chimps and humans. E. B. White
expression mirrors worry
Annabeth recognized something else in her face, too - in the hard set of her mouth and the deliberate way she raised her chin like she was ready to accept any challenge. Reyna was forcing a look of courage, while holding back a mixture of hopefulness and worry and fear that she couldn't show in public. Annabeth knew that expression. She saw it every time she looked in a mirror. Rick Riordan
expression your-side hey
I gave her a smile that I hoped conveyed something like: Hey, you know I’m on your side. Gods are such jerks! But what can you do? Probably my expression actually conveyed: It’s not my fault! Please do not kill me!
expression default homicidal
Nick looked vaguely homicidal, but that was sort of his default expression. Sarah Rees Brennan
expression leader political
A political leader who desires to be useful to the revolutionary proletariat must be able to distinguish concrete cases of compromises that are inexcusable and are an expression of opportunism and treachery. Vladimir Lenin
expression giving able
Methinks the human method of expression by sound of tongue is very elementary, and ought to be substituted for some ingenious invention which should be able to give vent to at least six coherent sentences at once. Virginia Woolf
expression challenges east
I consider the modernization of the Middle East the central challenge of our time. This region behaves as if it were disturbed, if you'll excuse the clinical expression. Zalmay Khalilzad
expression trying able
I am freely able to express myself honestly to the public without trying to polish it over, trying to hide something. I'm just trying to be free with my expression. Ziggy Marley
expression self denial
I have in my life concentrated more on self-expression than self-denial. Winston Churchill