Sandra Day O'Connor Quotes
The freedom to criticize judges and other public officials is necessary to a vibrant democracy.
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All the evidence shows very clearly that if you are a member of a trade union you are likely to get better pay, more equal pay, better health and safety, more chance to get training, more chance to have conditions of work that help if you have caring responsibilities... the list goes on!
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I found it interesting that as people become more technically oriented all over the world, at the same time people are becoming increasingly spiritual. The success of the Da Vinci code - even though it was a great yawn - also showed people's interest in religion.
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I've never so appreciated what actors do and how strange it is.
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I am busier now than I ever imagined I would be, but I feel blessed in that I have found what I am supposed to be doing with my life. It's wonderful to tell stories and have people listen to them.
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Mr. Trump, like too much of the church, offers little more than an excuse to project complex problems onto simple villains. Yet the white working class needs neither more finger-pointing nor more fiery sermons.
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Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate.
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I am really happy to see the number of entrepreneurs in India - not only because of the ideas they have but also because of the passion at which their ideas are put across.
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Animals can adapt to problems and make inventions, but often no faster than natural selection can do its work - the world acts as its own simulator in the case of natural selection.
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Our high school didn't have a crew team - we started the crew team.
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A poet can write about a man slaying a dragon, but not about a man pushing a button that releases a bomb.
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I think I've always had to pick and choose whatever I want to work on. If I'm not happy with what I'm doing, it's probably not going to end up that interesting.
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Last four months were great for me, was probably one of the best four months of my career, playing unbelievable in the clay court season.
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April is tax month. If you are having trouble filing your taxes, then you should hire an accountant. They'll give you the same advice that they've given hundreds of corporations - taxes are for douche bags.
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The press is like the peculiar uncle you keep in the attic - just one of those unfortunate things.
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If the books are selling, the money will follow.
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Pat Moynihan could write books with one hand and legislate with the other. I can't; I have a short attention span. The slightest distraction would take me away from writing.
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It is of the utmost importance that our service members are adequately compensated for their duties, and that we offer them a quality of life that will enable them to continue to serve and to live comfortably.
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Hard work and dedication is important to success, and I have those qualities.
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Before the gods and after, always, are the streams. Caves, stones, hills. Trees. The earth. The darkness of the earth.
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Yesterday is gone forever. Make the most of today and tomorrow if you wish to make up for lost time.
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I left school at 16 but I wish I'd gone to university - I think I would have studied English literature. I had a knack for that. But I don't think you have the kind of wisdom at 16 to make that decision.
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I think life is a little more basic here in Australia. There aren't so many distractions. People seem to feel they can be kinder with each other here, I think, to a greater extent than in the States.
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I am not proud to be gay any more than I am proud to be right handed or to breathe oxygen.
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The freedom to criticize judges and other public officials is necessary to a vibrant democracy.
