David Stras Quotes
I remain mindful that the role of a judge is a limited one and that judges can't solve every problem. But at the same time, judges play a crucial role in safeguarding liberty and protecting the rights of all citizens.
Quotes to Explore
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We are asleep with compasses in our hands.
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To be at ease is better than to be at business. Nothing really belongs to us but time, which even he has who has nothing else.
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At NBC I wasn't really sure if the grandparents were going to get my sense of humor on a particular topic.
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You might think the thinner version of yourself is going to be the most positive or confident, but that's not how it is for me. When I'm over 200 pounds, that's when I'm the most confident version of myself.
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Most people live in the city and go to the country at the weekend, and that's posh and aristocratic, but actually to live in the country and come to London when you can't take it any more is different.
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I was a typical farm boy. I liked the farm. I enjoyed the things that you do on a farm, go down to the drainage ditch and fish, and look at the crawfish and pick a little cotton.
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A stronger yuan could lead to greater Chinese asset accumulation in the U.S. and elsewhere.
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Our goal definitely isn't to sell Stripe.
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The promotion of family continuity and stability is a legitimate state interest.
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If you took ISIS' oil, that would not stop them. It's not their only source of revenue. It would be a setback, but it would not stop them.
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Fallible characters are more interesting than superheroes in the end.
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The beautiful thing about the NFL season is to see a team come together after they get to know each other in the spring and summer. You then go through adversity together and see how you respond. The teams that can respond in a positive way are the teams that are going to be there in the end.
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A glimpse at my night stand gives the mostly true impression that I am a book hoarder.
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You know what it's like: you don't want to read your old books again. All you can see are the flaws, what you would do differently.
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It wasn't like I was self-motivated. My dad started me. It was his dream before it was mine.
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Polka dots are fabulous.
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I think when you start analyzing trends and start making shows for a particular audience, you are making a fatal move. I think that's why people are doing too many revivals, that's why there's a plethora of rock musicals. There's room for everything, but not room for too much of anything.
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A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason.
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Once, once for all, if you would save your heart from breaking, learn this lesson - once for all you must cease, in this world, to believe in the eternity of any creed or form at all. Whatever grows in time is a child of time, and is born and lives, and dies at its appointed day like ourselves.
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We lived always in the stretch or sag of nerves, either on the crest or in the trough of waves of feeling.
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Some people expect me to be funny all the time, and I'm not necessarily funny all the time.
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I'm amongst you all, but I'm not one of you all.
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You change your mind-set, and as long as you've got a good mind-set, you'll know everything is good.
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I remain mindful that the role of a judge is a limited one and that judges can't solve every problem. But at the same time, judges play a crucial role in safeguarding liberty and protecting the rights of all citizens.
