Bernhard Schlink Quotes
As a citizen and someone who was a judge on the constitutional law court for 18 years, I feel whenever I can raise my voice with the hope of being heard I need to do it, but I wouldn't assign a special wisdom and responsibility to writers.
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Drink lots of water and stay hydrated.
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You win some, lose some, and wreck some.
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I don't really look forward to movie stardom or doing a $200-million movie or winning an Academy Award.
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Drama is easier to do because you just have to have the emotion and not get caught acting, but comedy is much harder.
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I grew up playing basketball and baseball. I've always been active because my dad played professional football, so sports and working out have always been a part of my life.
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Blind faith, no matter how passionately expressed, will not suffice. Science for its part will test relentlessly every assumption about the human condition.
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Defendants are being evaluated based on numerical grid without any aggravating circumstances being considered. The effect has been to transfer the disparity from the judge to the prosecutor allowing for a great deal of leeway on indictments.
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The United Nations system is still the best instrument for making the world less fragile.
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I like being unconventional.
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My real dream is that everybody will see their self-interest tied up with someone else, whether or not they see them, and see that as an opportunity for growing closer together as a culture and as a world.
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The mainstream sort of presentation of the civil rights movement was not something that I directly inherited.
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Earl Nightingale has inspired more people toward success and fortune than any other motivational speaker on the planet.
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I am very busy and don't have a lot of down time, but I write my best songs in those situations. I enjoy my life the most when I have a bunch of things going on at the same time.
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Even the worst Bond movies, there's something to love about them.
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I remember 'Def Comedy Jam' being a big deal and kids talking about it in school, but it was never, 'I want to do that.'
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Silk Road to Ruin has all the analysis and it's structured very well. I rely on my notes more and I use direct quotes. But there's nothing like writing about it right away.
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Fifteen- to 30-year-olds are interested in all kinds of intelligent movies - it doesn't have to be a broad comedy or an action adventure for them to go see it.
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Now while the German money is over for Hollywood, I still have $80 million to make movies, and we will have two things coming up: less major movies and the price for actors will go down.
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You don't hear Metallica complaining about Pearl Jam.
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If you build a 50-foot wall, you'll soon be confronted with a 51-foot ladder.
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I was about to write that in the future I would chose my words more carefully but I'm sure I won't.
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We're gonna hunt you down like a mad dog hound and make you pay for the lives you stole.
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Ask Elizabeth is a community of voices, it's not me standing on a podium telling people how to run their lives, it's girls helping each other sharing their wisdom and advice and I create a space for them to do it.
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As a citizen and someone who was a judge on the constitutional law court for 18 years, I feel whenever I can raise my voice with the hope of being heard I need to do it, but I wouldn't assign a special wisdom and responsibility to writers.
