Ma Jun Quotes
Regulatory failings mean that the cost of breaking the law is far below that of obeying it - businesses are happier to pay fines than to control pollution.
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We need a president who is willing to uphold the law.
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When you built television sets, you have all this test equipment. And you'd have all these lines and squares on the screen to test it. So it occurred to me that it might be fun for people to control the lines and squares on the screen.
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A ruler makes use of the majority and neglects the minority, and so he does not devote himself to virtue but to law.
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What they are doing is taking something that otherwise creates pollution and turning it into something useful.
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The South resented giving the Afro-American his freedom, the ballot box and the Civil Rights Law.
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My dad once said that in criminal law you see terrible people on their best behavior; in family law you see great people on their worst behavior.
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I try to choose the projects that I think are the most well-written and well-executed, and the rest of it is so beyond my control to be almost not worth thinking about at all.
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I have been in private law practice in New York City, where my husband and I are raising our children.
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I want to encourage women to take control of their health.
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International institutions are composed of governments. Governments control their own military forces and police.
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Writing an essay is like a school assignment: I have my topic, I organize my thoughts, and I write it. I have complete control over what I'm doing. Writing a novel is like setting out on a journey without knowing who or what I'll encounter, how long it's going to take, or where I'm going to end up.
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The rule of joy and the law of duty seem to me all one.
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To deal with local pollution, China has put on the agenda the capping of coal, which has long been a sensitive issue.
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It's good to make your own things because you can have control of your own art.
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If I were to say at any point that I feel really confident or really in control, that would be a mistake. Because I don't. I always see where I didn't do things the right way.
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Curses on the law! Most of my fellow citizens are the sorry consequences of uncommitted abortions.
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I've always been singing all my life, but I started playing guitar when I was 19, and that was my final year in university, in law school. I think that happened when I started making a lot of friends who were in the independent music scene.
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There's no rule, no law, no regulation that says you can't come back. So I have every right to come back.
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The first law of ecology is that everything is related to everything else.
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A few weeks after my mom passed in November of 2013, I came back from an injury and entered the Egg Bowl in the second half against Ole Miss. I'll never forget the feeling when I walked back out on the field. As I walked into the Egg Bowl, the crowd stood up and clapped like they were enveloping me in a giant hug.
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I majored in political science and English, but starting from the age of 17, I've paid for everything that I've had in my life. It was a personal choice. My parents would have helped me in any way whatsoever, but for me, you know what? I can make my own way.
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Science at NASA is all about exploring the endless frontier of the Earth and space.
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A true man hates no one.
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Regulatory failings mean that the cost of breaking the law is far below that of obeying it - businesses are happier to pay fines than to control pollution.
