Technology will never last if it ignores human beings' basic instinct to express and discover through expression. Lemn Sissay More Quotes by Lemn Sissay More Quotes From Lemn Sissay Dysfunction is a true reaction to untruth. Lemn Sissay untruthreactionsdysfunction You can define how strong a democracy is by how its government treats ... the child of the state. Lemn Sissay motivationstrongchildren I think I'll paint roads Lemn Sissay wallroomsthinking Food from the platter / Water from the rain / The subject and the matter / I'm going home again / Can't sell a leaf to a tree / Nor the wind to the atmosphere / I know where I am meant to be / And I can't be satisfied here Lemn Sissay rainhomewind I bring my past I bring my future I bring my rights and I bring my song I stand atop the Hacienda and shout We belong Here. We belong. Lemn Sissay rightssongpast I have spent most of my adult life proving that I existed. A blog is an accessible way of doing this - there is a date and place in cyberspace that I existed a year ago, to the day, and the proof is still there. Lemn Sissay cyberspaceadultsyears A blog is neither a diary nor a journal. Many people think of blogging in relation to those two things, confessional or practical. It is neither but includes elements of both. Lemn Sissay twopeoplethinking I think we are in an age where cash pays for time and space. The more cash you have, the bigger space you can buy and the smaller the technology to put in it. Lemn Sissay youtechnologyagetime When somebody takes a child from their native culture, that is in itself an act of aggression. Lemn Sissay actchildaggressionculture My foster parents were very religious. They told me that they had not decided to take me in, rather that it was God that had decided it for them. Lemn Sissay parentstakemegod My real mother is a survivor, very strong and respected by the people who know her, but our relationship is not easy - but then, it was never going to be. Lemn Sissay strongmotherrelationshippeople To Western parents that want to adopt a child, I would say to people that money is not everything, wealth does not matter. Lemn Sissay parentschildmoneypeople
