#expression

I am hungry for power, but not to lord over others; only to own myself. ↗

— Deborah Feldman

#freedom-of-expression #freedom-of-religion #hunger #jewish #jews

It is easy to be disgruntled if you are denied rights and freedoms to which you feel entitled. But if you are not coherent, if you cannot put into words what it is that displeases you and why it is unfair and should change, then you are dismissed as an unreasonable whiner. You may be lectured about perseverance and patience, life as a test, the need to accept the higher wisdom of others. ↗

— Ayaan Hirsi Ali

#freedom #self-expression #change

A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle." I really hate this expression. I bet fish would totally want bicycles. ↗

— Meg Cabot

#men-and-women #men

When a performance isn't working, it's usually because the actor is trying to do something and they're not able to express their idea very well. It's a muddled expression. ↗

— Casey Affleck

#actor #because #express #expression #idea

You break through the veil whenever you strap on a sword or chant the ancient verses. You escape when you write a poem or a tale that brings beauty into the world. You are set free whenever you love—even those who believe you’re crazy. ↗

— Jef Murray

#escapism #expression #freedom #oloris #art

Poetry is the exquisite expression of exquisite expressions. ↗

— Joseph Roux

#expressions #exquisite #poetry

I certainly was one of the instigators in the 1960s of freedom of expression. ↗

— Sally Kirkland

#expression #freedom #freedom of expression #i

I also helped write the five-page statement of principles that Civic Forum issued in late November. That was the first public expression of what the new government wanted to do. ↗

— Vaclav Klaus

#civic #expression #first #forum #government

The art of mastering life is the prerequisite for all further forms of expression, whether they are paintings, sculptures, tragedies, or musical compositions. ↗

— Paul Klee

#compositions #expression #forms #further #life

That this individual life of all of us is not something limited in its temporal expression to the life that now we experience, follows from the very fact that here nothing final or individual is found expressed. ↗

— Josiah Royce

#expressed #expression #fact #final #follows