The photographs were never about me. They were always about the people who were laying their lives on the line for basic civil rights. I look back and I can't believe there was ever a time in this country when ANY citizen could not vote. The times were appalling.


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The ending is nearer than you think, and it is already written. All that we have left to choose is t...
ALAN MOORE
There's no flesh or blood within this cloak to kill. There's only an idea. Ideas are bulletproof.
ALAN MOORE
Your pretty empire took so long to build, now, with a snap of history's fingers, down it goes.
ALAN MOORE
But what I hope most of all is that you understand what I mean when I tell you that even though I do...
ALAN MOORE
Our masters have not heard the people's voice for generations and it is much, much louder than they ...
ALAN MOORE
It seems strange that my life should end in such a terrible place, but for three years I had roses, ...
ALAN MOORE
Evey Hammond: Who are you?
V: Who? Who is but the form following the function of what and what...
ALAN MOORE
The past can't hurt you anymore. Not unless you let it. They made you into a victim, Evey. They made...
ALAN MOORE
They say that life's a game, & then they take the board away.
ALAN MOORE
Love your rage, not your cage.
ALAN MOORE
God is in the rain.
ALAN MOORE
I know there's no way I can convince you this is not one of their tricks, but I don't care, I am me....
ALAN MOORE
Because while the truncheon may be used in lieu of conversation, words will always retain their powe...
ALAN MOORE
Since mankind's dawn, a handful of oppressors have accepted the responsibility over our lives that w...
ALAN MOORE
I shall die here. Every last inch of me shall perish. Except one. An inch. It's small and it's fragi...
ALAN MOORE
Happiness is the most insidious prison of all.
ALAN MOORE
Remember, remember the fifth of November of gunpowder treason and plot. I know of no reason why the ...
ALAN MOORE
Knowledge, like air, is vital to life. Like air, no one should be denied it.
ALAN MOORE
Artists use lies to tell the truth. Yes, I created a lie. But because you believed it, you found som...
ALAN MOORE
Everybody is special. Everybody. Everybody is a hero, a lover, a fool, a villain. Everybody. Everybo...
ALAN MOORE
Behind this mask there is more than just flesh. Beneath this mask there is an idea... and ideas are ...
ALAN MOORE
Fly not yet, 'tis just the hour When pleasure, like the midnight flower That scorns the eye of...
THOMAS MOORE
People shouldn't be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people.
ALAN MOORE
Love? Sodding, bloody, tossing, bloody, sodding, bloody love? Irrelevant, superfluous, bloody, ruddy...
CHRISTOPHER MOORE
What is your name?" asked Lear.
Caius," said Kent.
And whence do you hail?"
From Bonk...
CHRISTOPHER MOORE
Sarcasm will make your tits fall off.
CHRISTOPHER MOORE
Love needs room to grow. Like a rose. Or a tumor.
CHRISTOPHER MOORE
We must encourage people to get educated, to get tested, to get involved in the fight against AIDS.
GWEN MOORE
When I was first starting out in the music industry, I was always coupled in the same sentence with ...
MANDY MOORE
From plants that wake when others sleep, from timid jasmine buds that keep their odour to themselves...
THOMAS MOORE