F. Lee Bailey Quotes
A person in the business of defending criminal cases is going to live in controversy all of his or her life.
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I'm cranky.
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I have always been an avid reader of chemical literature, eager for what is new.
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The high point was that the people are really nice - despite the crazy politics - and I loved being there. The hardest part was knowing some of the things I was probably going to write about Texas would make those nice people very unhappy.
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Tackling affordable housing via land use planning won't necessarily solve the problem.
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All my life, the naysayers have told me that I can't win because I'm a progressive... because I'm a woman... even because I'm a lesbian.
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For someone who writes fiction, in order to activate the imagination and the unconscious, it's essential to be free.
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I've always loved performing and, especially, love for the people. That's what keeps me going.
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Ignorance and prejudice make for bad advisers.
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You never want to have that ticking clock and know that you had all this time and didn't use it.
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Shoes make an outfit; they're like rims for a car.
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I am not ashamed of my grandparents for having been slaves. I am only ashamed of myself for having at one time being ashamed.
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The First Amendment applies to rogues and scoundrels. You don't lose your First Amendment rights because of a sleazy personality, or even for having committed a crime. Felons in jail are protected by the First Amendment.
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It's very hard to transgress; we have the furniture of transgression without the imagery and iconography to actually do it.
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I feel very lucky to get to fly the flag of RCA Records and Sony Music.
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I always say: To be well dressed you must be well naked.
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I ran the Iditarod twice. I finished once. I came in 42nd or 43rd place out of 70 plus teams the first time, and I scratched 80 miles from Nome the second time. You can read about my experience in the race in my books 'Woodsong' and 'Winterdance.'
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The goal of NIH research is to acquire new knowledge to help prevent, detect, diagnose, and treat disease and disability, from the rarest genetic disorder to the common cold.
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Since ancient times, people from throughout Asia have brought to Japan their talents, knowledge and energy, helping to lay the basis for Japan's existence as a country.
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Our debt is out of control. What was a fiscal challenge is now a fiscal crisis. We cannot deny it; instead we must, as Americans, confront it responsibly. And that is exactly what Republicans pledge to do.
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A novel is not an allegory ... It is the sensual experience of another world. If you don't enter that world, hold your breath with the characters and become involved in their destiny, you won't be able to empathize, and empathy is at the heart of the novel. This is how you read a novel: you inhale the experience. So start breathing.
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Also, if you want to reach people, theatre is not always the best way to do it.
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We have to keep in mind that it's not just about the numbers of people who died; it's also the manner which many of these victims met their deaths.
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At least half of the popular fallacies about economics come from assuming that economic activity is a zero-sum game, in which what is gained by someone is lost by someone else. But transactions would not continue unless both sides gained, whether in international trade, employment, or renting an apartment.
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A person in the business of defending criminal cases is going to live in controversy all of his or her life.
