Felix Frankfurter Quotes
It is a fair summary of history to say that the safeguards of liberty have been forged in controversies involving not very nice people.
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In the last 5 years, American employers have lost over $150 billion of productivity to depression alone. That is more than the GDP of 28 different States during the same period.
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I am very lucky because when I come back home, I have a completely normal life. I can relax, playing golf, fishing - doing what I want. I know when I finish a tournament, I am going to relax at home.
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In the day-to-day, farm work is stress relief for me. At the end of the day, I love having this other career - my anti-job - that keeps me in shape and gives me control over a vegetal domain.
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I actually buy the paper version of The New York Times maybe once or twice a week.
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If people get to the end of the record, then that is a treat.
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I like my house to be unique to me. Sure, I've bought plenty of things out of a catalog, but the way I put them together in my home is special. You might have bought your sofa at a major home decorating store, but the rug you found at the flea market is so unique, it takes your room from 'carbon copy' to 'simply yours' in no time.
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There's such a preoccupation with liquidity and such an unwillingness to invest beyond the horizon of the next quarter and making sure that the CEOs hit their quarterly earnings.
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In those days, even as a boy, I watched some people that I knew were living way beyond their means.
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I think it just came to a point where I made a decision to do better with my life and health. And that is only by God's grace because there are no guarantees.
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I was the girl that didn't go to prom or my graduation because I was too busy working with producers and making music.
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My mom was Jewish, so some would call me Jewish.
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If writers, like comedians or singers, could only hear themselves bombing as they worked, it's likely that certain books would be cut short after the first few leaden sentences.
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I was so keen to become a comedian that actually doing the comedy itself almost came second.
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Yes, I would agree that America, just like Spain was in the 17th Century, is the main empire of the world and they are the ones who, on the surface, are the most pushy: pushing their language, pushing their culture - or what there is of it - pushing by force their system on others.
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I thought I'd have a career playing women in the vein of Ruth Gordon, and we've seen that type almost disappear.
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I looked at Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and the boys up there thinking, I want to be that.
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When you're putting good stuff into your body, you feel so much better.
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I can let the team do the talking for me.
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I have great people, smart people that are around me and we love the challenge. I guess it's like climbing a mountain or building a building. It's a challenge but you love every challenge that it brings or presents itself.
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Freedom of teaching and of opinion in book or press is the foundation for the sound and natural development of any people.
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The first weekend after the attacks of September 11, George W. Bush had a meeting at Camp David with his top advisors, including Colin Powell, the secretary of state. And there was a lively debate about Iraq policy, in which some people from the Pentagon were arguing that the war against terrorism should include Saddam Hussein.
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It's amazing how small business owners figure out how to stretch a dollar as far as they possibly can.
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It is a fair summary of history to say that the safeguards of liberty have been forged in controversies involving not very nice people.
