“There's the 5% of the people that are wise and righteous and I'd definitely be amongst them, building, communicating, and continuing to try and figure out how we can awaken the 85%. The 85% are walking around [like] cattle, not realizing the things we do, the violence we do; you see people falling victim to all sorts of unnecessary things because they just don't know the way and nobody is showing them the way.” PeopleKnowsWayTryingFallRealizingWiseViolenceFiguresBuildingWalkingVictimCommunicateRighteousContinuingUnnecessaryCattleUnnecessary Things Author:RZA
“No other advanced nation endures this kind of violence. None. Here in America, the murder rate is three times what it is in other developed nations. The murder rate with guns is ten times what it is in other developed nations. And there's nothing inevitable about it. It comes about because of decisions we make or fail to make. And it falls upon us to make it different.” KindDifferentAmericaFallThreePoliticsNationsCommunityJusticeDecisionViolenceFailingPolicyTenEthicsGunMurderEndureRateIdeologyInevitableForeign PolicyThree TimesDecisions We MakeDeveloped Nations Author:Barack Obama
“The emotions of the spectator will still be very apt to fall short of the violence of what is felt by the sufferer. Mankind, though naturally sympathetic, never conceive, for what has befallen another, that degree of passion which naturally animates the person principally concerned.” PersonsStillsFallPassionFeltEmotionViolenceMankindDegreesEmpathyConcernedSpectatorsSympatheticSufferers Book:Adam Smith: Selected Philosophical Writings Source: Adam Smith: Selected Philosophical Writings
“This subject brings me to that vilest offspring of the herd mind -- the odious militia. The man who enjoys marching in line and file to the strains of music falls below my contempt; he received his great brain by mistake -- the spinal cord would have been amply sufficient. This heroism at command, this senseless violence, this accursed bombast of patriotism -- how intensely I despise them! War is low and despicable, and I had rather be smitten to shreds than participate in such doings.” MenMindHas BeensWarFallEnjoyLinesMistakeBrainViolenceSubjectsHe ManLowsCommandSufficientContemptDespiseHeroismStrainFilesHerdsOffspringCordsDespicableMilitiaDoingsSmittenSpinal CordSenseless Violence Author:Albert Einstein
“I asked Shia: who is the guy that terrifies you the most? And he said Mads. So it was somebody we both really wanted to work with. He's intimidating, but has a really big heart and he's sexy. He's got this sexiness, even guys fall for him. He just penetrates everything-not literally. So we needed a brokenhearted thug that could really give us the heartache. And going between the violence and viciousness and the complete softness without making it too much. A lot of those characters can go into a charade, and I needed it to be genuine heartbrokenness and that's what he's great at doing.” GivingHeartSaidCharacterBigsWantedGuyFallToo MuchViolenceNeededSexyGenuineHeartachePenetrateIntimidatingThugSoftnessSexinessBig HeartShiaCharadesBrokenhearted Author:Fredrik Bond
“The violence in New York feels really mundane and banal to me. Whereas in the privacy of one's own home, say, like the farm I grew up on in Vermont, the kinds of things that can happen seem much more extreme. Maybe because it's more personal. Or maybe because you block out the things that happen in the city. But it's like seeing things born, live, die, fall apart, and start over again, without any intermediary clean-up steps from some corporate organization.” FeelsKindHomeSeemsHappensDiesFallBornCitiesStepsViolenceSeeingNew YorkGrewGrew UpOrganizationCleanExtremesBlockCorporatePrivacyFarmsFalling ApartStarting OverMundaneVermont Author:Elizabeth Neel
“[While] the primary responsibility, as we all acknowledge, (falls) with the family, ... Our homes, our families, our children's minds are being flooded by a tide of violence.” MindChildrenHomeFallResponsibilityViolenceOur ChildrenPrimariesAcknowledgeOur FamilyTides Author:John McCain
“I like violence because I like looking at it and I like understanding emotional and physical violence and how they work with one another... It's operating in all these levels of hopefully - Oedipus is one of my favorite stories, that's like falling down a well when you read that - so that would be the hope, that each thing causes the next.” WellsStoriesWould BeFallNextCausesUnderstandingLevelsViolenceEmotionalMy FavoriteHopefullyFalling DownOedipusPhysical Violence Author:Kimberly Peirce
“Education spurs growth and unlocks potential. After all, a single year of primary education creates a 10 to 20 percent increase in a woman's wages later in life. Education lowers the risk of disease and decreases the likelihood that a child will fall into violence and crime. And a child born to a literate mother is 50 percent more likely to survive past age five. No country has achieved sustained growth without at least 40 percent literacy for its adults.” YearsChildrenCountryAgePastMotherFallGrowthBornFiveViolenceRiskCrimeDiseasePercentAdultsIncreasePrimariesWagesLiteracySpursDecreaseLikelihoodLater In LifePrimary Education Author:Shakira
“The priorities for the new Palestinian government is the economy. If Hamas cannot pay salaries when they form the government, there will be a collapse. People cannot afford to have that happen; there is nothing for people to fall back on. If people go hungry, there will be chaos - not just instability, but a breakdown. And there will be violence with a spillover effect. This is crucial to understand.” PeopleFallEconomyViolenceChaosPrioritiesHungryPalestinianBreakdownFall BackInstabilityHamas Author:Hanan Ashrawi