Potter Stewart Quotes
To force a lawyer on a defendant can only lead him to believe that the law contrives against him.
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A long life in journalism convinced me many presidents ago that there should be a large air space between a journalist and the head of a state.
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I can improve it a little bit. But it's my head, it's the way I am. So at the end of the day, I will be who I am and I will win how much I can win.
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Even a cock crows over his own dunghill.
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Fortunately there is more wealth in the world than there was at the time of the global economic crisis of 1929 - Chinese, Indian, Arab and Russian.
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I think I am at my best when my hair is short. It's easier to take care of and more of who I am. Women are conditioned to think we need long hair.
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I never had crushes on anybody when I was younger; I really didn't.
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It's rumored that doing well in real estate is to be able to close a deal. I did not find that to be the case for myself, I was probably the worst closer out there and I didn't find that was true of my top super stars either.
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Inventions have long since reached their limit, and I see no hope for further development.
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I'm a reader of Chinese literature, I like their films, but also: I've had great difficulty getting my work published in China; very little of it has been published there. The first two attempts to have all of my work published, for instance, were refused without any reason ever being given.
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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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In Maryland, we have the unfortunate distinction of being the most gerrymandered state in the entire nation.
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Writing for TV entails saying every dumb idea that comes into your head to a room of people. And doing so with the confidence that it doesn't make you look like an idiot.
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I never trusted good-looking boys.
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When we think about the past, we think, 'It must have been so boring.' It's actually not.
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One of the most wonderful memories in my life was when I sang at the Opera House in Sydney. I will never forget that. It is one of the most beautiful Houses I have ever sung in my life.
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We signed up for Showtime, which I think put us on a Homeland Security list somewhere.
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No money on earth can buy the love and affection that has been given to me by a grateful nation.
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No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn.
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Slavery is a weed that grows on every soil.
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Truth is simply a compliment paid to sentences seen to be paying their way.
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We only believe in those thoughts which have been conceived not in the brain but in the whole body.
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Then I came up with this crazy idea just to walk out on the stage with no band at all and just start singing whatever came to mind. I actually fought the idea for a while because it seemed almost too radical, but it became obvious what I was supposed to be doing.
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Pru, to Harry She tells him, 'You were one of the things I liked about Nelson. Maybe I thought Nelson would grow into somebody like you.'
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To force a lawyer on a defendant can only lead him to believe that the law contrives against him.
