I keep telling myself to calm down, to take less of an interest in things and not to get so excited, but I still care a lot about liberty, freedom of speech and expression, and fairness in journalism.
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DAVID MCCLAIN I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it. S.G. TALLENTYRE Censorship is to art as lynching is to justice. HENRY LOUIS GATES JR. Remember that the bad days are not forever, and the trouble which seems so terrible at last. GEORGE ORWELL when you disobey the rule, you sell your freedom. You cripple your real you. The daily direction of ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH They were kind of shifting a lot and doing a lot of things we hadn't seen on film, kind of fake shif... JAMAR WILLIAMS I waited for a while to get back in the flow of things, ... I had a lot of balls thrown my way in co... CHRIS BAKER Heading into camp, I just wanted to be here and try to take it all in, I didn't want to put any pres... ANDY ROGERS I have kept a diary, WITHNAIL AND I Cam was sitting on the bed, still clothed. His head was lowered, hands braced on his knees in the po... LISA KLEYPAS Don’t keep your greatness; exhibit it to the admiration of all but note however also to keep your ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Training is an active, dynamic process lived out daily in all areas of life- not a rote exercise in ... CRAIG GROESCHEL You don't cause problems. You cause catastrophes. ILONA ANDREWS I believe that freedom of speech and freedom of religion go hand-in-hand in America. KIRK CAMERON Read books. Care about things. Get excited. Try not to be too down on youself. Enjoy the ever presen... HANK GREEN You lie, in faith; for you are call'd plain Kate, And bonny Kate and sometimes Kate the curst;... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE I realized that day that blessings come in a variety of shapes, colors, and sizes. CRAIG GROESCHEL Clay in the hands of a good potter suffers so many good turns, but in the end, we see its real and t... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH I believe in absolute freedom of expression. Everyone has a right to offend and be offended. TASLIMA NASRIN To talk about liberty and freedom is nice, lovely, but the important thing is to allow people to act... HASSAN NASRALLAH I take life as it happens. And I give myself a lot of freedom. JEAN PAUL GAULTIER I was excited, but I thought he still might not take me because we have a lot of good players. And l... JAN BULIS The Internet's like one big bathroom wall with a lot of people who anonymously can say really me... ZOOEY DESCHANEL It was time to expect more of myself. Yet as I thought about happiness, I kept running up against pa... GRETCHEN RUBIN I'm excited, ... Right now I just have to get off cloud nine and calm down a little bit. ANDY ROGERS I'm optimistic about this year's team. I think we have an opportunity to be good, but there's a lot ... DAVE ROSE Poverty frees them from ordinary standards of behaviour, just as money frees people from work. GEORGE ORWELL I really wanted to be as healthy as I could. It wasn't about getting my six-pack back. There are... MARISA MILLER The market is still waiting for HSBC results, which will have a big impact on the direction of the m... ANDREW TO Property shares had a technical rebound, but interest rate concerns will still affect properties unt... ANDREW TO Bank of China's results were quite good; double-digit growth can be taken as good results for a bank... ANDREW TO The index tried to challenge 18,000 but failed, so that triggered profit taking. Tokyo's slide also ... ANDREW TO Trading seems to be focusing on selective counters because investors are cautious amid interest rate... ANDREW TO We're seeing a minor technical rebound after Wall Street rebounded from two days of losses. The key ... ANDREW TO Some investors have returned to pick up the stock at bargain prices. ANDREW TO I think the take-up for the placement is not too good and other property developers may be discourag... ANDREW TO We are afraid that our freedoms and liberties will be infringed in the future. ANDREW TO I think there was some minor selling pressure on telecom stocks as the market continued to see a wea... ANDREW TO To be, or not to be: what a question! E.A. BUCCHIANERI Words to intrigue, inspire, examine, question, praise; Words to help us appreciate our world, ... JAY WOODMAN I believe in freedom of speech, but I believe we should also have the right to comment on freedom of... STOCKWELL DAY How should I know?" said Alice, surprised at her own courage. "It's no business of mine." The Q... LEWIS CARROLL No one remembers how you got a chance, they only remember what you did with it. STEWART STAFFORD Most men don't seem to get that telling a pissed-off woman to calm down is like throwing gunpowder o... LISA KLEYPAS The American courts ruled that money is speech and speech can't be limited in politics because of fr... LISA YOUNG A great thing about this position is that you develop a lot of friendships through coaching and thro... LYNN MCCARROLL Explain yourself when it is a must, but sometimes, in life, keep quit when people think you are mad ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH It's going to be crazy, I know that. I know there's going to be so much pressure, but I've got to ke... ASHLEY HOBBS The earth is an arena of champions. We are all champions. We all did overcome millions of potential ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH I have no choice about whether or not I have Parkinson's. I have nothing but choices about how I... MICHAEL J. FOX Health has always been an important thing to me. I exercise and try to take care of myself, and drin... DOUG E. FRESH I want to stay busy and I want to get myself in position to fight another big-name opponent. Age is ... GEORGE LINBERGER I'd get to know him a little bit better, maybe go on a few dates, ask him about his future plans. Bu... LAURA WHITE The mass of the rich and the poor are differentiated by their incomes and nothing else,and the avera... GEORGE ORWELL You're still lovely," Mor said a bit gently. Elain offered a half smile. "I suppose that war m... SARAH J. MAAS To this day, and I'm sure a lot of widows and widowers feel this way, when I talk about (dating) and... LISA IANNUCCI I grew up under Communism so we could only learn Russian, and then when Communism fell in 1989 we co... PETRA NEMCOVA The coaching staff and players did a great job, I thought, of settling me down a little bit and tell... ADAM HALUSKA Yes, I think it's a freedom of expression issue. My feeling is the best way to counter bad speech is... JELLO BIAFRA I feel like freedom of speech is one of the great things in this country and the freedom to do what ... TAYA KYLE Freedom of expression and freedom of speech aren't really important unless they're heard. Th... TOM SMOTHERS I train a lot of people on the side as a personal trainer, but I still work out myself to keep in gr... LOU FERRIGNO Apple knows a lot of data. Facebook knows a lot of data. Amazon knows a lot of data. Microsoft used ... ROBERT SCOBLE A lot of the kids come in with a lot of aggression. We usually try to calm them down and get them to... DAVID RODRIGUEZ JR I was excited because deep in our heart and deep in our mind Friday was tough. I think we know that ... CINDY WILLIAMS The ability to make wise choices is the most valuable skill a person can develop. ABHISHEK RATNA A gap in skills and abilities reveal a golden opportunity! ABHISHEK RATNA Dare to seize all the opportunities on your paths. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA The reason I got into acting was not to explore myself. I was a reader, I didn't care about acting. ... CAMPBELL SCOTT When I went to America, I spoke so much about who I was and gave so much away in a confessional, Iri... PIERCE BROSNAN It is necessary to ensure that the requirement to combat terrorism is not used to clamp down on free... MARY ROBINSON You must step forward, Arutha. 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