#owl

Freeing hostages is like putting up a stage set, which you do with the captors, agreeing on each piece as you slowly put it together; then you leave an exit through which both the captor and the captive can walk with sincerity and dignity. ↗

— Terry Waite

#both #captive #captors #dignity #each

The terrible thing about terrorism is that ultimately it destroys those who practice it. Slowly but surely, as they try to extinguish life in others, the light within them dies. ↗

— Terry Waite

#destroys #dies #extinguish #life #light

What can we put into the hands of people under oppressive regimes to help them? For me, a big part of it is information, knowledge - the ability to defeat propaganda by understanding it. ↗

— Jimmy Wales

#big #defeat #hands #help #information

When I severe my connections with the A.I.A. I do so with my own self respect, as a matter of pride and I am sure within your knowledge of my character. ↗

— Ralph Thomas Walker

#character #connections #i #i am #i do

Wisdom is the power to put our time and our knowledge to the proper use. ↗

— Thomas J. Watson

#knowledge #our #our time #power #proper

Evil being the root of mystery, pain is the root of knowledge. ↗

— Simone Weil

#evil #knowledge #mystery #pain #root

I have never acknowledged the difference between serious music and light music. There is only good music and bad music. ↗

— Kurt Weill

#bad #between #difference #good #good music

One thing a man must have: either a naturally light disposition or a disposition lightened by art and knowledge. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#disposition #happiness #knowledge #light-disposition #art

As a young man, I went to Paris and soaked up many hours of film knowledge from Robert Hakim in my efforts to become a producer. ↗

— Harvey Weinstein

#efforts #film #hours #i #knowledge

Well, it was one of my most gratifying experiences because I could devote my knowledge and my talent for the good for the City of Washington, and all the Federal projects where the Fine Arts Commission had jurisdiction, and it was a tremendous experience. ↗

— Felix de Weldon

#because #city #commission #could #devote