Abraham Maslow

If I were a Negro, I'd be fighting, as Martin Luther King fought, for human recognition and justice. I'd rather go down with my flag flying. If you're weak or crippled, or you can't speak out or fight back in some way, then people don't hesitate to treat you badly.

American Psychologist

Jim Morrison

Sex is full of lies. The body tries to tell the truth. But, it's usually too battered with rules to be heard, and bound with pretenses so it can hardly move. We cripple ourselves with lies.

American Singer

Wayne LaPierre

Obama cannot erase the Second Amendment without crippling or controlling exercise of the First Amendment.

American Activist

Jerry Lewis

Pity? You don't want to be pitied because you're a cripple in a wheelchair? Stay in your house!

American Comedian

Jerry Costello

The attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 completely crippled our Pacific Fleet.

American Politician

Peter Diamandis

I view risk-aversion as crippling America in many ways.

American Businessman

Louise Brooks

In my dreams I am not crippled. In my dreams, I dance.

American Actress

Jennifer Nettles

I've learned how my own perfectionism can cripple me.

American Musician

Stephen Hawking

No one can resist the idea of a crippled genius.

English Physicist

Ardal O'Hanlon

I'm as crippled with doubt as the next actor.

Irish Comedian

Using 'cripple' can imply negativity and is often considered offensive when referring to individuals.

Negative Connotation

Used metaphorically to describe severe economic damage or restriction.

Financial Context

'Cripple' suggests a permanent or long-term inability to move.

Physical Impairment

'Cripple' as a noun is outdated and many consider it disrespectful towards disabled people.

Outdated Term

Be careful using 'cripple' as a label; it reduces a person to their disability.

Label Sensitivity

'Cripple' is also used to describe severe limitations or problems beyond physical disabilities.

Beyond Physical

Can describe problems that seriously affect a whole system or organization.

Systemic Issues

Sometimes used for temporary but serious setbacks, not always permanent.

Temporary Effects

 And Lisa had been shut away in her home with crippling depression and anxiety for seven years. And when she came to Sam's center, she was told, "Don't worry, we'll carry on giving you these drugs, but we're also going to prescribe something else. We're going to prescribe for you to come here to this center twice a week

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 found at least the islands give them an independence and a quality of life they would never have in a cage one orangutan who probably appreciates this more than most is Hercules before he was rescued Hercules was kept in such a tiny cage it left him permanently crippled he'll

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 to escape the most crippling effects of the withdrawal. So that night she helped me up the stairs and for the first time in weeks I actually went to bed. I took the little orange prescription bottle, I set it on my nightstand and then I didn't touch it. I fell asleep,

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 liquid and protects it when we open the cap unfortunately magmas have these little pressure vessels within them they have little crystals that are encapsulated by mistake some of the magma it's just an accident and then when the crippled erupts and cools the

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 and help, and it was crazy because I now cared about my community. Wow, imagine that. I cared about my community. Financial illiteracy is a disease that has crippled minorities and the lower class in our society for generations and generations,

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 for eternity. These two words have worked in tandem to produce vague and bland sentences that have crippled the creativity of humanity. These two deceptively tiny words stifle real description and honest communication.

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 I sit on my brother's bed and remember his words, the words he gave me so freely and with so much love, "I am who I am because of you." That's what it takes for me to climb through my crippling grief and speak out.

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 before he was rescued hercules was kept in such a tiny cage it left him permanently crippled he'll never have full use of his hands and feet which means he can't live on these islands all year round

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 Relieved, Lemp surfaces to investigate. With darkness falling, he moves in for a closer look. The first torpedo had struck the ship. But as Lemp surveys the crippled vessel,

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 So here's an example. All of us have had a nervous feeling before a test, right? But some people experience crippling anxiety before a test. They have test anxiety.