Brigham Young Quotes
A lawyer's duty is to read the law well himself, then tell the people what it is, and let them act upon it.
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I've had a pretty charmed life, so there's nothing that I need to take too seriously right now.
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All of the characters in my films, they share one commonality. It doesn't matter whether they are good or bad, it doesn't matter whether they are smart or stupid, these characters all take responsibility for their own behavior. I'm much the same.
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Leaving Egypt and the people I loved so much, and the environment I liked, was definitely worth it, because I also have great love for medicine and science.
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I was always trying to get people to fix things that are wrong. Now, it was, 'How do I make things that are going good go better?
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Rock music is being systematically merged with fashion.
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The original 'Hobbit' was never intended to have a sequel - Bilbo 'remained very happy to the end of his days and those were extraordinarily long': a sentence I find an almost insuperable obstacle to a satisfactory link.
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When we fled from the oppressions of kings and parliaments in Europe, to found this great Republic in America, we brought with us the laws and the liberties, which formed a part of our heritage as Britons.
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Politics is about putting yourself in a state of grace.
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It's a mystery to me why everybody doesn't love jazz. I've never been able to figure that out.
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My childhood was surrounded by books and writing. From a very early age I was fascinated by storytelling, by the printed word, by language, by ideas. So I would seek them out.
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I've had heartbreaking auditions where they don't even look at you. You're out before you're in.
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I did grow up in a very small town, and I only had a couple of people in my year at school. There were a lot of kids to play with - maybe not the same age, but there was always someone around.
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For me, being a writer was never a choice. I was born one. All through my childhood I wrote short stories and stuffed them in drawers. I wrote on everything. I didn't do my homework so I could write.
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The next time you experience a blackout, take some solace by looking at the sky. You will not recognize it.
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Do I believe in arbitration? I do. But not in arbitration between the lion and the lamb, in which the lamb is in the morning found inside the lion.
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Every citizen of this country should be guaranteed that their vote matters, that their vote is counted, and that in the voting booth, their vote has a much weight as that of any CEO, any member of Congress, or any President.
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Although in skating you compete with other people, anyone who achieves a certain level of success is first and foremost competing against themselves. And for me, the idea that I could always do better, learn more, learn faster, is something that came from skating.
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But I don't want some pretty face To tell me pretty lies All I want is someone to believe.
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I don't think there's ever been a team that ever scored more layups than that Blazers team.
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Adults can take a simple holiday for Children and screw it up. What began as a presentation of simple gifts to delight and surprise children around the Christmas tree has culminated in a woman unwrapping six shrimp forks from her dog, who drew her name.
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Disruptive innovation is competitive strategy for an age seized by terror.
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The happiest people in this world are those who have the most interesting thoughts.
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A lawyer's duty is to read the law well himself, then tell the people what it is, and let them act upon it.
