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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The Rio Earth Summit in 1992 changed my life completely, turning me into an activist. From the air, you see things you can't see from the ground - you really understand the impact of man, even in a place you know well. My work is meant to convince people we can no longer live like this.
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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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I'm following the path that was destined for me.
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The need to be cared for is the base of everything. In the penitentiaries, you won't hear gangbangers and criminals say, 'No, I don't want to be cared for by nobody.' When you care about them, they'll open up to you.
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If you would be known, and not know, vegetate in a village; if you would know, and not be known, live in a city.
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One of the peculiar ironies of being a human self in the Cosmos: A stranger approaching you in the street will in a second's glance see you whole, size you up, place you in a way in which you cannot and never will, even though you have spent a lifetime with yourself, live in the Century of the Self, and therefore ought to know yourself best of all.
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Joy in looking and comprehending is nature's most beautiful gift.
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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.
