William Lewis Safir (William Safire) Quotes
In lieu of those checks and balances central to our legal system, non-citizens face an executive that is now investigator, prosecutor, judge, jury and jailer or executioner. In an Orwellian twist, Bush's order calls this Soviet-style abomination 'a full and fair trial.'
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One of the most effective tools in Brazil's efforts to eradicate slavery is a register compiled by the government that lists individuals and businesses found using slave labor. Those on the 'dirty list,' as the register is known, are fined and remain on it for a minimum of two years during which they cannot access public funds.
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Talent is very hot.
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As a unique person, I was bullied badly as a teen.
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Even a minor event in the life of a child is an event of that child's world and thus a world event.
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There's nobody else that can double me - except for a doll.
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I never could get on with representative individuals but people who existed on their own account and with whom it might therefore be possible to be friends.
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There is a lot of opportunity sitting in global healthcare business. I think there is a strong opportunity to build upon for further growth.
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Sometimes people need a kick in the pants to get them to do what they would be doing if government weren't there as a perpetual parent.
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Fundamentally, I do agree, certainly, people must be allowed to express their own opinions freely. Freedom is part of the essential rights of all nations.
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We seem, as a culture, to start to adhere to these antiheroes and have grown tired of the traditional, straight-up-and-down good guy.
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Police are not all bad guys. Nobody is all bad guys.
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Candidates should be extremely cautious in displaying a sense of humor. If he or she tells a joke with a point, there is almost certain to be some minority group offended.
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I'll tell you, I never thought I'd ever be going into law, and certainly not the same kind of law as my dad.
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I don't know if I have a 'Greatest Album Ever.' I really liked 'The Blueprint' by Jay-Z. The production on that album was really great. 'All I Need' was the first song I used for walk-on music in 2002 for my second time ever on stage, so that means a lot to me.
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I'm a sponge for historical images of black people and black history on film.
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I'm not looking for a challenge, necessarily. I'm looking to make a really great film.
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There's nothing so unattractive as vanity... particularly male vanity.
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If I'm not interested in a woman, I'm straight-forward. Right after sex, I usually say, 'I can't do this anymore. Thanks for coming over!'
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It's not fair that prices have risen so quickly -- so rapidly -- because the product that is for sale was purchased (before the hurricane) at prices that were much lower by the companies. So there's some profiteering going on here.
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God forbid that Judges upon their oath should make resolutions to enlarge jurisdiction.
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I don't believe in dieting.
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Luther understands monasticism as a product of an egoistic lovelessness that withdraws from one's duties in the world. By contrast, this-worldly work in a vocation appears to him to be a visible expression of brotherly love, a notion he anchors in a highly unrealistic manner indeed and in contrast-almost grotesquely-to the well-known passages of Adam Smith.
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I'm so glad to be back in New York. Los Angeles can be so cold, so cruel after you've been-what's the word?-oh yes: 'fired.'
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In lieu of those checks and balances central to our legal system, non-citizens face an executive that is now investigator, prosecutor, judge, jury and jailer or executioner. In an Orwellian twist, Bush's order calls this Soviet-style abomination 'a full and fair trial.'
