Banning books is just another form of bullying. It's all about fear and an assumption of power. The key is to address the fear and deny the power.
I went through a lot of bullying early on. Girls made my life a living hell. We had come to America from a different country. My brother and I had accents. It was very tough.
[Describing a "reaction" to an encounter with the bullies] Ralphie as Adult: [narrating] Randy lay there like a slug! It was his only defense!
Henrik Vanger: You will be investigating thieves, misers, bullies. The most detestable collection of people that you will ever meet - my family.
Sheriff of Nottingham: Howdy, Friar! Well, it looks like I dropped in just in time! Father Saxton: What does that big-bellied bully want here?
School Bully: I'll tell you how to get four people into a mini. Two in the back, two in the front and your Dad in the ashtray!
When I was old enough to realize all meat was killed, I saw it as an irrational way of using our power, to take a weaker thing and mutilate it. It was like the way bullies would take control of younger kids in the schoolyard.
People tend to think that because I'm a performer and I don't go to a regular high school that I haven't personally been affected by bullies. But it's actually quite the contrary.
We were bullied, broken, built up, bronzed and polished. We grew dull, dusty, doubtful, dark, and forgetful. Yet we still know that we can love deeply.
God is a mean-spirited, pugnacious bully bent on revenge against His children for failing to live up to his impossible standards.
Young women especially have something invested in being nice people, and it's only when you have children that you realise you're not a nice person at all, but generally a selfish bully.
I think you're wrong." "Well I think you're naive," Hayley snapped. "Maybe," Marley conceded, starting to walk away. "But I'd rather be that than a bully like you.
Ben Says: Be kind and empathetic to all...so that in your time of need, they may be the same to you. Timothy Pina Bullying Ben
❤Speak up, spread the word, take a pledge, take action...we can all do something to try and end the abuse of bullying!
Learn to thrive in love, kindness and brotherhood...it will help make your life and humanity a whole lot brighter! Bullying Ben
Ben Says: When possible...Always try and do your best to overcome BULLYING. It's always possible
It does, Tennyson, because there’s a fine line between confidence and arrogance. There’s a fine line between being assertive and being a bully. And you’re on the wrong side of both lines.
People don't understand being a child star is very hard because first off, to be a child star, you have to be very unique. These kids are talented to be able to do it at such a young age. At the same time, you go through the pressures of bullying and...
Twitter is the most amazing medium for a comedy writer. I can't get in every idea I want on the show no matter how hard I try to bully the other writers, so it's a way of me getting out other comic ideas and immediately getting feedback.
If we truly knew what the word love meant...we would never hurt others or ourselves. Never✌ Bullying Ben
No matter how much bullying they inflict on my body, as long as I have this hope, I can endure any pain.
