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When the situation politically became intolerable within South Africa, we used the arts as a weapon for change. ”
It dawned on me that theatre is a powerful weapon for change. ”
Acting became a powerful tool for change. You had to tell stories that were important to you. ”
That's the beauty of art: art is universal. ”
The Fur Company may be called the exterminating medium of these wild and almost uninhabitable regions, which cupidity or the love of money alone would induce man to venture into. Where can I now go and find nature undisturbed? ”
From the top of a high rock, I obtained a good few of the most extensive and dreary wilderness I ever beheld. It chilled the heart to gaze on these barrens of Labrador. Indeed, I now dread every change of harbor, so horridly rugged and dangerous is the whole coast and country to the eye, and to the experienced man either of the sea or the land. ”
Poor France, thy fine climate, rich vineyards, and the wishes of the learned avail nothing; thou art a destitute beggar, and not the powerful friend thou wert represented to me. ”
I predict that as warm weather returns to Europe, so will the flood of Middle Eastern immigrants. ”
My feeling is talk shows have not kept pace with the breakthroughs and changes in format in television generally. ”
Terms such as 'microaggression,' describing an inadvertent act of offense, have entered the college lexicon, empowering an atmosphere of prior restraint on speech. And many colleges are also disinviting speakers in fear of offending certain elements of their student communities. ”