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A Truth Pick is a short, sharp commentary designed to extract 'Truth' from a Quote, pithy saying, epigram or graffiti. I send these out about 2-3 times per week. My goal is to see if they strike a chord with anyone and if they do, to continue generating them.
A
riot is
the language
of the unheard.
Martin Luther King Jr
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To ignore someone, is to pretend they don't exist. To be someone, is to exist… and resent the insinuation we don't.
No matter how firmly someone denies our existence, they cannot prevent us from trying to catch their attention. It starts with a child’s annoying tug on our clothes, and ends with undeniable attacks on what we value. The strategy is exactly the same, pay attention to me. “I am here! Hear me!”
The effort we make to gain recognition is determined by the height of the barriers in front of us. It’s the difference between raising glasses in friendship and raining Molotov cocktails in frustration.
From teenagers who rebel as they come into their own, to the powerless who will do anything to bring attention their plight. The cause is the same. They’re here, and demand to be heard.
The sirens we hear in the night are the cries of the grown children we've chosen to ignore.
(c) 2002 Peter de Jager - Pdejager@truthpicks.com
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