Jonathan Turley Quotes
People don't seem to understand that the separation of powers is not about the power of these branches; it's there to protect individual liberty - it's there to protect us from the concentration of power.
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I was a little girl fighting as a partisan against Nazi-Fascism.
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A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society.
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For me, it's always been very essential to work on projects that one can work on almost for their entire life.
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I love Bridget Fonda.
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But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint.
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Nobody, I think, ought to read poetry, or look at pictures or statues, who cannot find a great deal more in them than the poet or artist has actually expressed. Their highest merit is suggestiveness.
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I do not think that having children - I have three teenagers - keeps you young. The reverse. It thrusts you into a full-frontal confrontation with your own all-too-obvious maturity.
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I have to stay calm, cool, and collected.
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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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People do not lack strength; they lack will.
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Michael Jackson wanted to be in Men in Black II. He told me he had seen the first Men in Black in Paris and had stayed behind and sat there and wept. I had to explain to him that it was a comedy.
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For some reason, I just lack that ability to be embarrassed about going up to people. I even do it for friends if they want to ask someone out.
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The idea that modernisation makes for enhanced national power and rapid progress and helps everyone achieve greater happiness has its origins in the astonishing political, economic and military successes of western Europe in the 19th century.
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I've never been to New Zealand before. But one of my role models, Xena, the warrior princess, comes from there.
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Once again, Pat Robertson leaves us speechless with his insensitivity and arrogance.
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I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department.
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I don't stop at my past; I like new work. I like what I'm doing tomorrow.
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All peoples are entangled in the net of the world market.
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Now, I talk to athletes who answer questions with a 'yeah'. I realize I used to do that. Or they answer very quickly and you stand there trying to come up with another question to ask. I've seen both sides and it's been very educational.
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I have two children who are daughters, so female issues have always registered high on my scale of awareness.
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What do I mean by concentration? I mean focusing totally on the business at hand and commanding your body to do exactly what you want it to do.
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I tell people, 'Have you ever been to Oklahoma? There are a lot of nice people there that do wonderful things.'
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Acting makes you live plenty of lives.
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People don't seem to understand that the separation of powers is not about the power of these branches; it's there to protect individual liberty - it's there to protect us from the concentration of power.
