Abuse Quotes

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I loved the Cure and Bauhaus and the Smiths. The people in my town weren't privy to that kind of music and I got abused.… — Fred Durst
The idea of 'Voice of Witness' is to let survivors and witnesses of human-rights abuses tell their story at length. It started with a course… — Dave Eggers
Let's suppose somebody abused you sexually. You still had a choice, though not a good one, about what to tell yourself about the abuse. — Albert Ellis
Let me say this: I believe closing Guantanamo is in our Nation's national security interest. Guantanamo is used not only by al-Qaida, but also by… — Dianne Feinstein
It ain't what they call you, it's what you answer to. — W.C. Fields
It isn't where you came from, its where you're going that counts. — Ella Fitzgerald
Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince,… — Jean de La Fontaine
Acting in anger and hatred throughout my life, I frequently precipitated what I feared most, the loss of friendships and the need to rely upon… — Luke Ford
With today's fast films, you can light the way your eye sees the scene. You can abuse the film and create subtleties in contrast with… — Conrad Hall
When you start becoming really successful, the demons start to tempt you - the demons of vanity and self importance, drug abuse, the feelings of… — Ethan Hawke
No woman has to be a victim of physical abuse. Women have to feel like they are not alone. — Salma Hayek
Decadence is a difficult word to use since it has become little more than a term of abuse applied by critics to anything they do… — Ernest Hemingway
I have quite a decent constitution in spite of all my abuse of it and my advanced years. I'm still quite robust. — Christopher Hitchens
Understand that legal and illegal are political, and often arbitrary, categorizations; use and abuse are medical, or clinical, distinctions. — Abbie Hoffman
Don't abuse your friends and expect them to consider it criticism. — E. W. Howe
If you want that good feeling that comes from doing things for other folks then you have to pay for it in abuse and misunderstanding. — Zora Neale Hurston
Most of today's black convicts have come to understand that they are the most abused victims of an unrighteous order. — George Jackson
Democracy must be built through open societies that share information. When there is information, there is enlightenment. When there is debate, there are solutions. When… — Atifete Jahjaga
The law protects you from being abused. It doesn't threaten your lifestyle for someone else to have the right to exhibit their lifestyle. — Jesse Jackson
My father rebelled ferociously against his conservative upbringing where his father physically abused him. — Anthony Kiedis

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