Jay Nordlinger: Quotes about people

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“Talk can be cheap, very cheap. It can also be costly. “Speak out!” we say. “Why are you afraid to speak out?” we say. In dictatorships, it can be very, very hard to speak out. Many people have been imprisoned or worse for talk. But even in democratic societies, talk can be hard. It can be hard not only in politics but also in high schools and families and churches and professional communities and other arenas. But even in democratic societies, talk can be hard. It can be hard not only in politics but also in high schools and families and churches and professional communities and other arenas.”

2010s, Some Talk about Talk (2018)

“But understand them, people say. And one does. But sometimes understanding is not comforting or flattering to the understood.”

2000s, Change and Determination: After 9/11, a shaking up (2002)

“People are always criticizing Twitter. "Twitter is crazy!" they say. I think that's misguided. Twitter is simply an avenue -- there are many -- by which people reveal who they are.”

Twitter post https://twitter.com/jaynordlinger/status/1037393063616937984 (5 September 2018) <br class="br">2010s