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What hurts the victim most is not the cruelty of the oppressor, but the silence of the bystander. — Elie Wiesel
There's an inverse relationship between my temper and my ability to control my accent. If you hear me say 'Fiddledeedee', run for the hills, because… — Molly Harper
There are no innocent bystanders ... — William S. Burroughs
Don't settle! Embrace a dream--and keep dreaming. Don't be a bystander. Take it personally. — Howard Schultz
Animals used to provide a lowlife way to kill and get away with it, as they do still, but, more intriguingly, for some people they… — Edward Hoagland
In these days before antiseptics, doctors themselves also suffered high mortality rates. Florence Nightingale, a nurse during the Crimean War (1853-1856), watched one particularly inept… — Sam Kean
If I sit next to a madman as he drives a car into a group of innocent bystanders, I can't, as a Christian, simply wait… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The torments of martyrdom are probably most keenly felt by the bystanders. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I've never had Internet access. Actually, I have looked at things on other people's computers as a bystander. A few times in my life I've… — Jhumpa Lahiri
New York is a wonderful place to shoot. The bystanders are great. They are enthusiastic. They respect the process, and you get the energy of… — Jane Curtin
I didn't want to get into acting just to play bystanders. I feel a bystander enough in my own life. And I do think that… — Elliot Cowan
There are no bystanders in life [...] Our humanity makes us each a part of something greater than ourselves. — Sonia Sotomayor
And Thou shalt never, but never be a bystander. — Yehuda Bauer
All the bystanders at an event worthy of note adopt various gestures of admiration when contemplating the occurrence. — Leonardo da Vinci
What people fear most about tragedy is its randomness - a taxi cab jumps the curb and hits a pedestrian, a gun misfires and kills… — Jeffrey Kluger
Gun control? We need bullet control! I think every bullet should cost 5,000 dollars. Because if a bullet cost five thousand dollar, we wouldn't have… — Chris Rock
Business leaders cannot be bystanders. — Howard Schultz
I could've just walked away but I never could have forgiven myself to allow Starbucks to drift into mediocrity or not be relevant. I just… — Howard Schultz
There's a great book about John Kennedy and his relationship to civil rights called 'The Bystander.' The title alone suggests that he did as little… — Michael Eric Dyson
Riot – A popular entertainment given to the military by innocent bystanders. — Ambrose Bierce
These weren't encouraged in the city, since the heft and throw of a longbow's arrow could send it through an innocent bystander a hundred yards… — Terry Pratchett
There are no innocent bystanders ... what are they doing there in the first place? — William S. Burroughs
You don’t need no gun control, you know what you need? We need some bullet control. Men, we need to control the bullets, that’s right.… — Chris Rock
The honest and good man ought to be exactly like a man who smells strong, so that the bystander as soon as he comes near… — Marcus Aurelius
Now that I think about it, maybe he is a werewolf. I can picture him lunging over the moors in hot pursuit of his prey,… — Mary Ann Shaffer

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