William Blackstone Quotes
If [the legislature] will positively enact a thing to be done, the judges are not at liberty to reject it, for that were to set the judicial power above that of the legislature, which would be subversive of all government.William Blackstone
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Obviously, we're focused on the Winter Classic.
Gary Bettman -
My father was a lawyer.
Pat Robertson -
A store is just a collection of content. The Steam store is this very safe, boring entertainment experience. Nobody says, 'I'm going to play the Steam store now.'
Gabe Newell -
I love 'Annie Hall'; I will always come back to that film again and again. Diane Keaton has been such an inspiration to me. She always brings humour, but complexity, and I love watching her on screen. She's got real charisma.
Felicity Jones -
People will say, 'Just one picture please.' That is how it starts. There is just one picture and then somebody else wants another. And when I say 'No' I feel guilty.
Dan Auerbach The Black Keys -
The stage is the best experience in the world. It's a great compliment to be able to share the music, because people can hear my album but they don't get to make the connection in the same way as when it's one-to-one.
Vanessa Mae
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I never said half the things I said.
Yogi Berra -
I have a sidekick, Keith Robinson, who's very funny. I've known Keith for over 20 years; he's my best friend.
Wanda Sykes -
People who honestly mean to be true really contradict themselves much more rarely than those who try to be 'consistent'.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. -
I was a shy gay man at a time when it was illegal to be gay.
Ian Mckellen -
One who doesn't throw the dice can never expect to score a six.
Navjot Singh Sidhu -
Maurice was a silly man. Maurice liked being silly.
Barry Gibb Bee Gees
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I love Paul Giamatti - God, that man is like a walking Chekhov. His connection to humanity is unbelievable, and those feelings of low self-esteem - the way that all comes together on the screen? Delicious.
Gary Shteyngart -
All faults may be forgiven of him who has perfect candor.
Walt Whitman -
Bob Dylan impresses me about as much as... well, I was gonna say a slug but I like slugs.
Captain Beefheart -
What I found particularly fascinating and satisfying about the Hindu tradition was its spirit of inclusiveness. In Sanatan Dharma, or what is commonly called Hinduism, I discovered the basic truths of all religions in a way that the oneness of God and religion is comprehensively understood.
Radhanath Swami -
Working on the accent helped, enormously. I will tell you that when I brought Michael a correct 'British' accent, one that my dialect coach was happy with, he hated it.
Madeleine Stowe -
Only when I came to America did I think of myself as British.
Naveen Andrews
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It's superficial that people think I'm cool because I wear certain clothes and I have tattoos. The funniest part is, when they get to know me, they're always surprised by how nerdy I am.
Zoe Kravitz -
I try to look on all the great things God's done, and not focus on the negative. It's a perspective.
Joel Osteen -
I've made several films that haven't been shown.
Kenneth Anger -
When I came back from my first TED, very few people knew what it was. But around the time I was sitting down to write 'Where'd You Go, Bernadette,' in 2010, TED was exploding.
Maria Semple -
Part of what makes for good writing is an ear for what we would call the poetical. Poetry itself is another thing and it seems to me to be the most difficult writing - that those people are the best writers and they lead the way for everyone else and their writing is frighteningly great.
Tony Kushner -
If [the legislature] will positively enact a thing to be done, the judges are not at liberty to reject it, for that were to set the judicial power above that of the legislature, which would be subversive of all government.
William Blackstone