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I used to trip over my legs and get detention for my too-short shorts because none fit. I still trip, but now I like to… — Maggie Grace
There is nothing more foreign to a civilised and democratic system than preventive detention. — Robert Bourassa
We who advocate peace are becoming an irrelevance when we speak peace. The government speaks rubber bullets, live bullets, tear gas, police dogs, detention, and… — Desmond Tutu
I used to spend every morning in detention at my old school. — Jake Lloyd
Sending Paris Hilton to jail for being the most loathed celeprosy lesion in the history of the species seems like a happening idea at first… — Rob Sheffield
In the years just after 9/11, even being breathed on by a suspected terrorist could land you in extralegal detention for the rest of your… — Matt Taibbi
The United States has tried for years to live down President Franklin D. Roosevelt's order during World War II to move Japanese-Americans on the West… — Helen Thomas
We are turning into a nation of whimpering slaves to Fear—fear of war, fear of poverty, fear of random terrorism, fear of getting down-sized or… — Hunter S. Thompson
Do you know what I think, Potter?' said Snape, very quietly. "I think that you are a liar and a cheat and that you deserve… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
I didn't really know what to expect from detention but when I waked into the room, the first thought I had was, I don't belong… — Jeff Kinney
Veronica ran out to tell Amber the shocking news - and returned in less than a minute with another message for Yo-Yoji: "Amber says she… — Pseudonymous Bosch
When Filch wasn't guarding the scene of the crime, he was skulking red-eyed through the corridors, lunging out at unsuspecting students and trying to put… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
We let off a Dungbomb in the corridor and it upset him for some reason—" "So he hauled us off to his office and started… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
In my world death will come chasing. In your world it will start whispering in your ear to destroy yourself. I know this because it… — Chris Cleave
Juno: "All roads lead there child. You should know that." Percy: "Detention? — Rick Riordan
Just keep moving! we're almost there." "almost where?" Juno chuckled. "all roads lead there child. you should know that" "detention?" Percy asked. "Rome, child, the… — Rick Riordan
You can give me detention. Oh, wait, that's right...you aren't the boss of me. So I guess you can just bite me. -Dean — Jeff Mariotte
Present company excluded, this looked to be the most pleasant detention ever experienced by mankind. Further proof that librarians should run the world-or a least… — Heather Brewer
I look at him. "It's odious," he says. "Detention?" I ask, confused. "Huh?" We have no idea what the other is talking about. "What's odious?"… — Melina Marchetta
What made Guantanamo such a travesty - and what still makes it such - is that it is a system of indefinite detention whereby human… — Glenn Greenwald
Long before, and fully independent of, anything Congress did, President Obama made clear that he was going to preserve the indefinite detention system at Guantanamo… — Glenn Greenwald
I would hope that the staffs at juvenile detention centers and reform schools are carefully chosen so that there is a community of support and… — Adam Rapp
Detention without trial is history in Malaysia. — Najib Razak
The detention of Japanese Americans during World War II would qualify as an example of majoritarian tyranny and misuse of executive prerogative, driven by fear… — Michael Ignatieff
When I was younger, I had pink underneath my hair, and I got detention. I went to an all-girls school where you wore a uniform,… — Gia Coppola

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