Stuart Chase Quotes
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I had no intention of becoming a performer, and yet under miraculous circumstances I was brought into the music industry fold. If divine powers hadn't intervened, I'd still be living in China working in some area of Sino-American comparative law.
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The most important of all rights is the right to life, and I cannot foresee a day when domesticated animals will be granted that right in law.
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Civil lawsuits do two important things: they compensate people who are injured by the bad acts of others, and they penalize people and companies for bad behavior.
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Very few minds are strictly normal, and all religious fanatics are marked with abnormalities of various sorts.
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I'm close with all my family. It's just a normal, healthy, all-American divorced family.
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Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
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It's been federal law for over two centuries that the child of an American born abroad is a citizen - a natural born citizen.
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There was no equal pay law when I started working. I was no different to any other woman in any other job at the time.
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The ideal of behaviorism is to eliminate coercion: to apply controls by changing the environment in such a way as to reinforce the kind of behavior that benefits everyone.
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The main thing I say on war is that we need to obey the law and formally declare war.
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To defend our country we need to gather intelligence on the enemy, but when the intelligence lies to Congress, how are we to trust them? The phone records of law abiding citizens are none of their damn business.
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Laws against homosexual behavior should remain on the books.
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I love going to football games and going to homecoming dances and just doing normal things.
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If my duty does involve heralding His law in every arena, then the Church in America is failing radically today.
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Democracy is not just constitutional and legislative rules; it is a culture and practice and adhering by the law and respecting international human rights principles.
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It is actually the neuroscientists and evolutionists who do the best job of explaining the reasons behind the most unreasonable behavior.
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Judge: a law student who marks his own examination-papers.
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Justice is merely incidental to law and order.
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It's funny how in that moment I see things clearly. Am I beaten down? Yes. Have I allowed myself to become a victim? Somewhat. Am I afraid? Always. Does some part of me still long to fly away from this place? Absolutely. But I can't leave. Sam and I have built a life for Joy. It isn't perfect, but it's a life. My family's happiness means more to me that starting over again.
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Visualize success, but don't believe your eyes.
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Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.
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I can understand when people say that they're not a big fan of my music. That's an individual opinion, and I respect that. But you don't have the right to comment on my choice of citizenship, my skin colour, or my religion. It's not open to discussion.
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The violation of some laws is a normal part of the behavior of every citizen.
