Quotes About Escape

in 1772 Lord Mansfield, Chief Justice of the King's Bench, determined that James Sommersett, who had been purchased in Virginia, taken to England, and then escaped, could not be forcibly returned to his master.10 American slaves took this case to heart: if they could somehow reach the shores of England, they too would be set free.

Slaves who had escaped from loyalist masters were returned upon demand. Other refugees who were not deemed of use by the army were put to work on plantations owned by British officers or sold to the West Indies. If short of supplies, the British would sometimes trade back slaves for provisions. When the royal fleet retreated from Port Royal in 1780, Major General Alexander Leslie refused to take with him several hundred African Americans who had dared to escape and were requesting asylum

Woke up this morning with a terrific urge to lie in bed all day and read.

Since I moved to American Top Team, I feel like I'm the bird that got to escape from its cage, if you know that meaning.

I think my big break was getting out of Richmond, California, alive.

My dad put me in a theater group camp at Santa Monica Playhouse when I was, like, six, and then I started to realize I really liked it when I was 11 or 12; it was nice to just escape.

I like camping.

Films should have the capacity to bring you into another world.

Club culture is about leaving your cares behind, and I am trying to create that environment.

On any given day, if I play the guitar, I can put myself somewhere. I always thought, 'This is the way you go.' It's like a magic carpet, see?

You can't catch me outside.

Chances are you're using overeating as a way to escape yourself. It's an attempt not to feel or think about what you really need to feel and face.

Whenever there was chaos in my house, whether it was arguing, being in a cramped space with all of us kids and screaming, I found an empty space where I could just put music on and move.

If you run from a bear, it'll chase you. And they can run fast.

When America is chasing you, the whole world is chasing you.

I like to check out of reality for a little bit when I listen to music and kind of go somewhere, so I feel like the more broken-down acoustic songs tell stories to me the best.

I just wanted to make music, because it's how I get stuff off my chest. I want it to always feel like my escape.

By the time I'm done with my show, I'm in Never-Never Land. Usually I leave the room for the auction and try to chill out.

I couldn't live up to it. So I chose to run away.

I love entering the bowels of the cinema and immersing myself in another world.

I like it when I go into a cinema and I'm not aware that I'm there; I'm totally involved in the film for two hours.

I love going to the cinema and thinking you're seeing something, and you end up on a whole other planet, and you can't believe it.

We all want to escape our circumstances, don't we? Especially if you are an actor.

I don't care much for the cities.