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"Speech is silver, silence is golden" is a proverb extolling the value of silence over speech. Its modern form most likely originated in Arabic culture , where it was used as early as the 9th century.
A music video for "Silence Is Deafening", directed by Roger Johansson, was released later that year. Some editions of the album were released with a bonus disc that contains material from a variety of death metal bands, such as Aborted. The Napalm Death song "Silence Is Deafening" is the first track on the compilation.
The silence is deafening because the editors and community are handling this behind the scenes and on back pages. There should be a banner blatantly stating the facts on every page until such time as the Foundation withdraws its censorship.
Speaking at the rally, Cochav Elkayam Levy, of the Davis Institute for International Relations at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, said the “deafening silence” from international institutions ...
Tutu was upset by what he regarded as the lack of outrage from white South Africans; he raised the issue in his Sunday sermon, stating that the white silence was "deafening" and asking if they would have shown the same nonchalance had white youths been killed. [128] After seven months as dean, Tutu was nominated to become the Bishop of Lesotho ...
"Your Silence Will Not Protect You" is a quote from the first essay to appear in the collection, "The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action". She states, "My silences had not protected me. Your silences will not protect you". This references her belief in speaking for oneself and taking language into action. [4]
The importance of an event to contemporary author plays a role in the decision to mention it, and historian Krishnaji Chitnis states that for an argument from silence to apply, it must be of interest and significance to the person expected to be recording it, else it may be ignored; e.g. while later historians have lauded Magna Carta as a great national document, contemporary authors did not ...
Given the previously deafening silence surrounding the clitoris, it’s no wonder that what started as Sophia Wallace’s humble art campaign sparked something of a movement. The true surprise is that it took so long for someone like Helen O’Connell to come along and say, “We need a better map of the clitoris.”