William O. Douglas Quotes
The purpose of the University of Washington cannot be to produce black lawyers for blacks, Polish lawyers for Poles, Jewish lawyers for Jews, Irish lawyers for Irish. It should be to produce good lawyers for Americans, and not to place First Amendment barriers against anyone.
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Touring, and being in a band, it's almost like the other stuff, the other parts of life, get put on hold.
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I grew up in the '80s. I was a kid, but all my favorite movies came out of that period.
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Of course, I have given my engineers some headaches over the years, but they go with me. I have always wanted my buildings to be as light as possible, to touch the ground gently, to swoop and soar, and to surprise.
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I have one friend that I've had since I was born, and she's from Coatzacoalcos. She's not really impressed or interested in the actor's life. My family isn't really either.
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I have come to the conclusion - and I don't know why it took me so long, but nevertheless, I'm here now - that a lot of people tell me they don't get enough guitar on my albums. So I decided to do an album where the guitar would be the singer, playing the melody.
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Creating a character and living truthfully through her is a whole different ball game. It's all part of the same person but it's a much newer medium for me.
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My music is not just about entertainment. It is about enlightenment also.
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I was a dancer first, which made me realize how much I loved performing.
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When we were growing up, women in their late 40s generally didn't dye their hair.
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Some people call it the 'Al Jazeera spirit' - courage, re-thinking authority, giving a voice to the voiceless. We have never been favored by the authority. The human being is the center of our editorial policy. We are not a TV station that rushes after stars, big names, press conferences, hand-shake journalism.
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Living in the lap of luxury isn't bad except that you never know when luxury is going to stand up.
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Remember that no relationship is a total waste of time. You can always learn something about yourself.
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There's still is a status-quo group at City Hall who likes things done the old way, behind closed doors.
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I have nothing holding me back in my head at all.
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Historically, the notes of scale systems anywhere have been based on these pure harmonics.
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I didn't start exercising until the end of my modeling career. When you're young, you eat and drink what you want and stay up all night and still look good.
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Golf, like measles, should be caught young.
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Unrest of spirit is a mark of life.
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I've always seen the world through the eyes of a scientist. I love the predictable outcomes that science gives us, the control over the world that that can render.
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I grew up watching old black and white movies where Marlene Dietrich or Jean Harlow would go walking down some cobblestone street in ripped stockings and head into some smoky boite and sing for a pathetic living. That's so what I wanted to be.
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A lot of my success comes from black music. It's something I'm very proud of.
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I don't care if you're gay, black, Chinese, straight. That means nothing to me. It's all an illusion.
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I hope you love birds too. It is economical. It saves going to heaven.
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The purpose of the University of Washington cannot be to produce black lawyers for blacks, Polish lawyers for Poles, Jewish lawyers for Jews, Irish lawyers for Irish. It should be to produce good lawyers for Americans, and not to place First Amendment barriers against anyone.
