William O. Douglas Quotes
Those in power need checks and restraints lest they come to identify the common good for their own tastes and desires, and their continuation in office as essential to the preservation of the nation.
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You need a routine, to be able to spend some time with a person, and my lifestyle is constantly on the move.
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I once tried standing up on my toes to see far out in the distance, but I found that I could see much farther by climbing to a high place.
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I think great players can play in any year, that's why they're great. A lot of it is down to the mental approach.
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History is the present. That's why every generation writes it anew. But what most people think of as history is its end product, myth.
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For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions.
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History is a race between education and catastrophe.
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Moral authority is never retained by any attempt to hold on to it. It comes without seeking and is retained without effort.
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Even if your novel occurs in an unfamiliar setting in which all the customs and surroundings will seem strange to your reader, it's still better to start with action. The reason for this is simple. If the reader wanted an explanation of milieu, he would read nonfiction. He doesn't want information. He wants a story.
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Although the French were very friendly and helpful. On one location we were to film at the top of the Eiffel Tower but we couldn't, as it was so misty with four inches of snow on the ground. We couldn't see a thing but we finally got it done.
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I want to top expectations. I want to blow you away.
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I'm a sucker for any band named after a work of literature. Los de Abajo take their name from Mariano Azuela's famous novel 'The Underdogs,' and that says a lot about who they are and the music they make.
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If you want to be happy, make others happy!
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If in preaching the gospel you substitute your knowledge of the way of salvation for confidence in the power of the gospel, you hinder people from getting to reality.
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I've had a good life, and was born to and among people I've admired and loved.
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It is the mainspring of life, courage. And courage has many faces.
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Someday, I have no doubt, the dead from today's wars will be seen with a similar sense of sorrow at needless loss and folly as those millions of men who lie in the cemeteries of France and Belgium - and tens of millions of Americans will feel a similar revulsion for the politicians and generals who were so spendthrift with others' lives.
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Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things.
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I have to start with elements of myself, which is what you always do as an actor.
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I saw with so many of the gay couples, they were so devoted to another. I saw so much love. When this hearing was over, I was a changed person in regard to this issue. I felt that I understood what same-sex couples were looking for.
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I'm not a millionaire. I have a high earning power, but I never did have any capital.
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No doubt those who really founded modern science were usually those whose love of truth exceeded their love of power.
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The people who are inspiring and strong for me are the ones who acknowledge vulnerabilities.
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When we were the political slaves of King George, and wanted to be free, we called the maxim that "all men are created equal" a self evident truth; but now when we have grown fat, and have lost all dread of being slaves ourselves, we have become so greedy to be masters that we call the same maxim "a self evident lie" The fourth of July has not quite dwindled away; it is still a great day-for burning fire-crackers!!!
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Those in power need checks and restraints lest they come to identify the common good for their own tastes and desires, and their continuation in office as essential to the preservation of the nation.
