John L. Lewis Quotes
Unionization, as opposed to communism, presupposes the relation of employment; it is based upon the wage system and it recognizes fully and unreservedly the institution of private property and the right to investment profit.
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I think that one of the primary roles of an attorney, and certainly we try to teach it here to our students, is that you counsel compliance with the law. The lawyer, more than simply being a mouthpiece for the client and advocating at whatever cost the client's interest, is also an officer of the court in questions that appear before the court.
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Indeed the three prophecies about the death of individual art are, in their different ways, those of Hegel, Marx, and Freud. I don't see any way of getting beyond those prophecies.
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The mind is but too naturally prone to pleasure, but too easily yielded to dissipation.
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I want to give my followers a positive message. I want to give those girls a positive message who have been forcefully married, who continue to sacrifice. I want to be an example for those people. That's my aim.
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When a sports movie really works, it gets you on all levels, because the stakes are high. It's black and white. It's win or lose.
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Islam was hijacked on that September 11, 2001, on that plane, as an innocent victim.
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You will find in me a loyal head of state who is ready listen and understand, warn and advise as well as to defend the public interest at all times.
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Ability is nothing without opportunity.
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Taking part in an Olympics on home ground is something you dream about.
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You don't know how good you are until you actually get out on a bike and get riding.
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We should work to de-link health insurance from employment so if you lose your job, your health insurance goes with you and it is personal, portable and affordable.
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Time, you old gypsy man, will you not stay, put up your caravan just for one day?
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When people don't get enough information, they make it up.
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Things you create with your mind are always part of your postmortal life, whether they seem real or not.
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Sit and be still until in the time of no rain you hear beneath the dry wind's commotion in the trees the sound of flowing water among the rocks, a stream unheard before, and you are where breathing is prayer.
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Doubtless he was going to start bragging about being a god. It went with the profile of this sort of lunatic.
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I own the whole world, and folks haven’t been keeping up too well on the payments.
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'You’re just getting old.' She gave a dramatic sigh. 'Truly, all the more’s the tragedy; the second thing to go is a man’s memory.'
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You can use your real identity, or you can use phone numbers for something like WhatsApp, and pseudonyms for something like Instagram. But in any of those you're not just sharing and consuming content, you are also building relationships with people and building an understanding of people.
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In any case, in so far as our knowledge of the universe carries us, the advent of civilization for the first time on our globe represents the highest ascent of the life processes to which evolution had anywhere attained.
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You probably know me as a producer for 'This American Life', a top podcast in iTunes.
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Redeeming sinners from all nations through Jesus Christ was God's plan from the beginning.
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When you're dead, you're dead. No one is going to remember me when I'm dead. Oh maybe a few friends will remember me affectionately. Being remembered isn't the most important thing anyhow. It's what you do when you are here that's important.
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Unionization, as opposed to communism, presupposes the relation of employment; it is based upon the wage system and it recognizes fully and unreservedly the institution of private property and the right to investment profit.
