"I knew that I would have to be……" — Piper Kerman
"I knew that I would have to be brave. Not foolhardy, not in love with risk and danger, not making ridiculous exhibitions of myself to prove that I wasn't terrified--really genuinely brave. Brave enough to be quiet when quiet was called for, brave enough to observe before flinging myself into something, brave enough to not abandon my true self when someone else wanted to seduce or force me in a direction I didn't want to go, brave enough to stand my ground quietly."
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11 Quotes by Piper Kerman
Piper Kerman has 11 quotes on this site.
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When you are deep in misery, you reach out to those who can help, people who can understand.
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Do you have to find the evil in yourself in order to truly recognize it in the world?
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If I could forgive, it meant I was a strong good person who could take responsibility for the path I…
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From a young age I had learned to get over--to cover my tracks emotionally, to hide or ignore my problems…
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Prison is quite literally a ghetto in the most classic sense of the word, a place where the U.S. government…
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I went back to work right away [after prison]. I was very lucky — a friend of mine created a…
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Instead, our system of "corrections" is about arm's-length revenge and retribution, all day and all night. Then its overseers wonder…
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Our current criminal justice system has no provision for restorative justice, in which an offender confronts the damage they have…
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Very close by the CMS shops, hidden about a quarter mile away in the woods, was the prison's rifle range.…
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We were never friends. Not for a second. I loved you.
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If I can procure three hundred good substantial names of persons, or bodies, or institutions, I cannot fail to do…
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If Christ Jesus dwells in a man as his friend and noble leader, that man can endure all things, for…
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The people who abandon Jihad fall a victim to humility and degradation.
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When you are portraying somebody that has a very specific emotional weight, you feel like you're really starting to abandon…
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If Republicans are aiming for the heart, for compassion, the last thing they should do is abandon the sanctity of…
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More and more political analysts and weak-kneed politicians are advising the historically pro-life Republican Party to abandon its pro-life stance…
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Sex pleasure in woman is a kind of magic spell; it demands complete abandon; if words or movements oppose the…
— Simone de Beauvoir
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The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one's self to…
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The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration,…
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I had to abandon free market principles in order to save the free market system.
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I'm not suggesting people abandon musical instruments and start playing their cars and apartments, but I do think the reign…
— David Byrne
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To abandon oneself to principles is really to die - and to die for an impossible love which is the…
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