David Souter Quotes
We hold that an employer is vicariously liable for actionable discrimination caused by a supervisor, but subject to an affirmative defense looking to the reasonableness of the employer's conduct as well as that of a plaintiff victim.
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I think the Hajj tends to reflect the state of the Ummah. That's one of the things about the Hajj is that you get to see the Ummah. It's a microcosm of the Ummah's condition.
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I love having a big family. I think it's easier, oddly, in some ways, having three children as opposed to one.
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Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity.
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There are no opportune times for a penalty, and this is not one of those times.
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In 1255, Louis IX of France presented an elephant to Henry III of England to add to the menagerie of exotic animals he kept in the Tower of London.
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I would take plays and I would cut out all the other dialogue and make long monologues because I felt the other kids weren't taking it as seriously as I did.
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On the question of relating to our fellowman - our neighbor's spiritual need transcends every commandment. Everything else we do is a means to an end. But love is an end already, since God is love.
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The only routine with me is no routine at all.
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Any beast can cry over the misfortunes of its own child. It takes a mensch to weep for others' children.
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As a regent, I hope to bring that important perspective of a typical family visitor in combination with my background as a Member of Congress and a proponent of the Smithsonian's efforts to reach all Americans.
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I realised at a certain point that if I was going to have the kind of life that I fantasised about, I needed to get my act together.
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Men have looked upon the desert as barren land, the free holding of whoever chose; but in fact each hill and valley in it had a man who was its acknowledged owner and would quickly assert the right of his family or clan to it, against aggression.
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We constantly had family conversations. A lot of conversations about life. We've always been a family to where we did everything together, whether it was karate or Bible study... I just really had a chance to look and learn.
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It's absolutely true that unless you can instill discipline upon yourself, you will never be able to lead others.
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My father is a Jehovah's Witness, and he raised us under a very strict hand.
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Acting is a business and a political act and a craft, but I also feel like it's a service - specifically, for a military audience.
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Exercising with a trainer makes my quality of life go through the roof.
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She was too alert, too alive not to have the kind of mind that probed and reached and got her into trouble now and then.
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Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken than mended.
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With all the main characters that I write, it's always very important to me that they have good and bad aspects of their personality. It's important to me that they're complicated and that they're human.
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Can someone please explain to me what that was all about?
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I just want to make a tray of good tofu. If people want something else, they should go to the restaurants and shops.
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The adult fiction and writing for children portions of my MFA program were kept very separate, and there was a stigma around those 'kid people.'
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We hold that an employer is vicariously liable for actionable discrimination caused by a supervisor, but subject to an affirmative defense looking to the reasonableness of the employer's conduct as well as that of a plaintiff victim.
