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Prisoner Quotes

Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free.

"The Shawshank Redemption", www.imdb.com. 1994.

We are, each of us, our own prisoner. We are locked up in our own story.

Maxine Kumin (1978). “The retrieval system: poems”, Viking Pr

You shouldn't be a prisoner of your own ideas.

Interview with Saul Ostrow, bombmagazine.org. October 1, 2003.

You are only a prisoner when you surrender.

Tad Williams (2007). “Shadowplay: Shadowmarch”, p.657, Penguin

... all Americans are the prisoners of racial prejudice.

Shirley Chisholm (2010). “Unbought and Unbossed: Expanded 40th Anniversary Edition”, p.151, Take Root Media

There are few prisoners more closely guarded than princes.

Christina (Queen of Sweden) (1753). “The Works of Christina Queen of Sweden: Containing Maxims and Sentences in Twelve Centuries, and Reflections on the Life and Actions of Alexander the Great”, p.98

Paul was Nero's prisoner, but Nero was much more God's.

William Gurnall (1862). “The Christian in Complete Armour: Or, A Treatise on the Saints' War with the Devil ...”, p.1

I will say, the one thing Mexico does well is punish prisoners. They do. They're good at that.

"The Situation" with Tucker Carlson, www.nbcnews.com. June 17, 2005.

We are all prisoners of our thoughts.

Sam Harris (2014). “Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion”, p.42, Simon and Schuster

Prejudice makes prisoners of both the hated and the hater.

Randy Shilts (2011). “And the Band Played On: Politics, People and the AIDS Epidemic”, p.496, Souvenir Press