- Prefer
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- Nov 07, 2020
Speak Quotes
The languages, and limits, people speak within.
A couple of these speak quotes are about language and identity specifically, children translating for family members, and a cultural background where the expected native language was never actually spoken at home. The Language collection covers this in more depth.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Fearless
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had to read Plato and Kant, and at times I was overwhelmed. But I have always been fearless, and so was Hannah Arendt. She wasn't afraid to speak out when she knew her opinions would not be popular because she believed in the public discourse above all.
- Need
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- Nov 07, 2020
To resort to power one need not be violent, and to speak to conscience one need not be meek. The most effective action both resorts to power and engages conscience.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not ashamed to speak my mind. What you see is what you get. You're not going to get a two-faced person who is going to say one thing and mean another.
- Crazy
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- Nov 07, 2020
For years, decades, the system has taught us to stay quiet. They've made us believe that those who take to the streets to speak up are crazy, criminals, troublemakers.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am reserved; I don't speak much.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a human being, I do feel like it's my right to be able to stand up for and speak on whatever I want.
- Nov 07, 2020
When I rap, it's just an extension of how I speak, and that's how I talk. If you don't like it, don't listen.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
Anyone who attempts to relate his life loses himself in the immediate. One can only speak of another.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I was afraid of being killed, I would never speak out against the government.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to keep doing projects that speak for people within the community and tell different types of meaningful stories.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020