"What 'jazz' means to me is the worst kind of working conditions, the worst in cultural prejudice. The term 'jazz' has come to mean the abuse and exploitation of black musicians."

Abuse, Exploitation, Musicians, Prejudice

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"What 'jazz' means to me is the worst kind of working conditions, the worst in cultural prejudice. The term 'jazz' has come to mean the abuse and exploitation of black musicians."

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"I'd never felt so helpless - so hopeless - in my life as I did there. To be completely under someone's power, with no one to turn to for help, to make someone feel like they're at fault for you hurting them . . . I realized that was exactly what I'd done to Carly. That hangs over me every day."

Richelle Mead, American Author

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"Threatening a current or former partner isn't passion, or love, or heartache. It's violence, it's abuse and it's a crime."

Miya Yamanouchi, Japanese Author

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"An abuser isn't abusive 24/7. They usually demonstrate positive character traits most of the time. That's what makes the abuse so confusing when it happens, and what makes leaving so much more difficult."

Miya Yamanouchi, Japanese Author

Abuse, Manipulation, Confusion, Relationship

"We must ensure that while eliminating child labor in the export industry, we are also eliminating their labour from the informal sector, which is more invisible to public scrutiny - and thus leaves the children more open to abuse and exploitation."

Carol Bellamy, American Educator

Abuse, Children, Exploitation, Labor

"He said he loved more than any other women he's ever loved and I had a black eye to prove it."

Crystal Woods, American Poet

Abuse, Violence, Illusion, Reality

"But the Republic has its rules and it must not tolerate any abuse of them."

Jean-Pierre Raffarin, French Politician

Abuse, Rules

"This October, we renew the fight against domestic violence and abuse in America. Together, we can eliminate domestic violence from homes across the country and ensure that our children grow up in healthy, peaceful communities."

Lucille Roybal Allard, American Politician

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"When you have police officers who abuse citizens, you erode public confidence in law enforcement. That makes the job of good police officers unsafe."

Mary Frances Berry, American Writer

Abuse, Confidence, Job, Law

"To be a prisoner means to be defined as a member of a group for whom the rules of what can be done to you, of what is seen as abuse of you, are reduced as part of the definition of your status."

Catharine MacKinnon, American Activist

Abuse, Rules

"Crawling up into daddy's lapwhen dad was stillDADDYnodding my head against his chest soaking in the comfort of his heartLISTENINGto the thump...thumpsomewhere beneath muscleand breastbone I remember his armstheir sublimeENCIRCLINGand the shawdow of his voice"I love you, little girl.Put away your bad dreams.Daddy's here"I put them away, Until Daddy became my nightmare that one that cameHOMEfrom work everyday and insteadof picking me up, chased me farfaraway."

Ellen Hopkins, American Novelist

Abuse, Trauma, Innocence, Betrayal

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"I'd never felt so helpless - so hopeless - in my life as I did there. To be completely under someone's power, with no one to turn to for help, to make someone feel like they're at fault for you hurting them . . . I realized that was exactly what I'd done to Carly. That hangs over me every day."

"Threatening a current or former partner isn't passion, or love, or heartache. It's violence, it's abuse and it's a crime."

"An abuser isn't abusive 24/7. They usually demonstrate positive character traits most of the time. That's what makes the abuse so confusing when it happens, and what makes leaving so much more difficult."

"We must ensure that while eliminating child labor in the export industry, we are also eliminating their labour from the informal sector, which is more invisible to public scrutiny - and thus leaves the children more open to abuse and exploitation."

"He said he loved more than any other women he's ever loved and I had a black eye to prove it."

"But the Republic has its rules and it must not tolerate any abuse of them."

"This October, we renew the fight against domestic violence and abuse in America. Together, we can eliminate domestic violence from homes across the country and ensure that our children grow up in healthy, peaceful communities."

"When you have police officers who abuse citizens, you erode public confidence in law enforcement. That makes the job of good police officers unsafe."

"To be a prisoner means to be defined as a member of a group for whom the rules of what can be done to you, of what is seen as abuse of you, are reduced as part of the definition of your status."

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"You can't do without philosophy, since everything has its hidden meaning which we must know."

"You must write for children in the same way as you do for adults, only better."

"In the maxim of the past you cannot go anywhere."

"Everybody, my friend, everybody lives for something better to come. That's why we want to be considerate of every man - Who knows what's in him, why he was born and what he can do?"

"Only mothers can think of the future - because they give birth to it in their children."

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