Tony Kushner Quotes
Justice precedes beauty. Without justice, beauty is impossible, an obscenity. And when beauty has gone, what does a cameraman do with his eye?
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In the first instance, therefore, global terrorism created a kind of global community sharing a common fate, something we had previously considered impossible.
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A man's vanity tells him what is honor, a man's conscience what is justice.
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Nashville is the place where I first realized how impossible it is to look at someone and know what is inside them, what special something they possess.
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Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.
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I just remember watching 'Brass Eye' and being so utterly blown away by the scope of it and how much it managed to cram into an episode.
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I wish I could fly. Or speak fluent Chinese. Both I think are equally impossible.
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These are people who are capable of devotion, public devotion, to justice. They meant what they said and every day that passes, they mean it more.
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Border strengthening is effective, but not if done in isolation. We also need to give priority to establishing public institutions that deliver a sustained level of security and justice for citizens. Border security can never come at the expense of migrants' rights. Nor can it be used to legitimize inhumane treatment.
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Perhaps it is impossible for a person who does no good to do no harm.
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This whole tribal loyalty seems to have gone.
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Folklore has a moral center to it. Folklore is always, always, always on the side of the underdog, and children have a natural instinct towards justice. They feel indignation at needless cruelty and wistfulness about acts of mercy and kindness.
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It's dangerous to read the Internet about yourself when you're me. Or when you're anyone in the public eye.
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Men like me are impossible until the day when they become necessary.
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Anybody who dedicates himself to exploring the human condition, there's always a detached eye that's watching. In any situation, a little part of me is observing it, to see if there are any raw materials to create something else later.
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The right of all of our citizens to enjoy fair and equal access to housing opportunities is guaranteed by our laws. The U.S. Department of Justice is committed to fiercely protecting those rights in order to ensure the quality of life all Americans deserve.
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In the matter of justice, all should be equal in your eyes.
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Whether we or our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner sense of justice than we do.
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It's absolutely impossible, but it has possibilities.
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The sense of justice and injustice is not deriv'd from nature, but arises artificially… from education, and human conventions.
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The economy was getting so bad, I had to lay myself off.
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I've been a godmother loads of times, but being a grandmother is better than anything.
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Justice precedes beauty. Without justice, beauty is impossible, an obscenity. And when beauty has gone, what does a cameraman do with his eye?
