Physical aggression by a man toward his partner is abuse, even if it happens only once. If he raises a fist; punches a hole in the wall; throws things at you; blocks your way; restrains you; grabs, pushes, or pokes you; or threatens to hurt you, that...
ALCOHOL HAS NO BIOLOGICAL CONNECTION TO ABUSE OR VIOLENCE Alcohol does not directly make people belligerent, aggressive, or violent. There is evidence that certain chemicals can cause violent behavior — anabolic steroids, for example, or crack coca...
Political prisoners describe: - extreme physical and emotional torture - distortion of language, truth, meaning and reality - sham killings - begin repeatedly taken to the point of death or threatened with death - being forced to witness abusive acts...
If no one had ever challenged religious authority, there’d be no democracy, no public schools, women’s rights, improvements to science and medicine, evolution of slavery and no laws against child abuse or spousal abuse. I was afraid to challenge ...
The best way to avoid abuses is for the populace in general to be scientifically literate, to understand the implications of such investigations. In exchange for freedom of inquiry, scientists are obliged to explain their work. If science is consider...
it felt increasingly, as I became more whole, that I had made it all up, and that I was a phoney. I had to come to some place of acceptance. If I made it all up, then I am an unspeakably evil person, leading so many wonderful, intelligent people astr...
YOUR ABUSIVE PARTNER DOESN’T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH HIS ANGER; HE HAS A PROBLEM WITH YOUR ANGER. One of the basic human rights he takes away from you is the right to be angry with him. No matter how badly he treats you, he believes that your voice sho...
To my abusers: I forgive you.
I was kind of a Rickles comic to begin with. I was caustic, and I was abusive and mean to the audience.
The abuse dies in a day, but the denial slays the life of the people, and entombs the hope of the race.
A largely unregulated Internet has created knowledge and wealth, but it's also long provided a medium for predatory, abusive and bullying behavior.
I like kindness. Who doesn't? Life is definitely too short for self-centered, abusive people.
Understand that legal and illegal are political, and often arbitrary, categorizations; use and abuse are medical, or clinical, distinctions.
Lawsuit abuse is a major contributor to the increased costs of healthcare, goods and services to consumers.
The thing I love about off-road racing is the pride in how abusive it is.
My father told me abuse is generational.
I've worn stilettos since I was 12, so I have abused my feet to the point of no return.
Quotations, like much better things, has its abuses.
Purpose stirs creativity, without purpose you life will be in abnormal use(abuse).
A man who does not abuse is considered sterile socially.
For a number of years I was relentlessly pursued by 10 to 15 men, almost daily. Spat at, verbally abused.
