William O. Douglas Quotes
The law is not a series of calculating machines where answers come tumbling out when the right levers are pushed.
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The first book I sat down to write was an historical romance. It was really bad and thankfully no one ever saw it.
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Obviously, marriage is not a synonym for morality. But stable marriages and families do encourage moral behavior.
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I think it all comes down to motivation. If you really want to do something, you will work hard for it.
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What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.
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To make money, I did portraits . The truth is so bizarre! I'm kind of embarrassed. I was like a 19th-century pirate painter. I'd say, 'Your mom would love a painting of you!' A salesman! I'd hawk paintings.
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If they wish to alleviate the sufferings of the exploited classes, let them live up to their pretensions, let them abandon the academy and go out there and work politically and economically and in a humanitarian spirit.
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Discontent, blaming, complaining, self-pity cannot serve as a foundation for a good future, no matter how much effort you make.
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As a college student, I worked as a mentor, and that got me involved in working with young people long before I became a foster parent.
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A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value.
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I think I have a strange relationship with time. I'm not really aware of that time passing. I don't feel that I'm wasteful with time. But I'm not aware of it passing.
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Much as my Boomer friends will hate me for saying this, Kanye West is the New Dylan. Not only do Kanye's best lyrics match Dylan's prescience, highly inventive word-play and genius for storytelling, his indefatigable cockiness eerily channels Muhammad Ali.
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I wake up early in the morning and walk for an hour. If I have something to write, I prefer to write in the morning until midday, and in the afternoon, I eat.
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For years I've been seeing my young brothers wearing Scarface T-shirts, John Gotti T-shirts, Rick James T-shirts. We don't have any icons or idols to look up to, just rappers and professional athletes.
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Take pride in exactly what it is you do and remember it's okay to fail as long as you don't give up.
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I think that inexpensive sources of planet-friendly energy are one of the most important things for us to pursue.
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You can look at someone and get to know their music and say, 'This is someone who I want to work with.'
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We must have the courage to confront dreadful views even in the people we love the most. But that's difficult to do when we cast large segments of our fellow citizens into a basket to be condemned and disparaged, judging them even as we ignore that many of their deplorable traits exist in us, too.
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It just makes that person feel that what his work is is going to be more valid. But who wants to see a guy standing in front, looking like a bum, doing something that a bums don't do? This don't make sense.
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At age 10, I was better at ballet than I think I will ever be at any physical activity for the rest of my life.
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We must have the stubbornness to accept our gladness in the ruthless furnace of this world.
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We need to tell the American public the truth. We need to let them know they're not the only ones struggling.
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Unconsciously we grow to look upon the sick as people of another world.
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A little reflection will show us that every belief, even the simplest and most fundamental, goes beyond experience when regarded as a guide to our actions.
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The law is not a series of calculating machines where answers come tumbling out when the right levers are pushed.
