Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
I realized the true function of a lawyer was to unite parties riven asunder. The lesson was so indelibly burnt into me that a large part of my time during the twenty years of my practice as a lawyer was occupied in bringing about private compromises of hundreds of cases. I lost nothing thereby -- not even money, certainly not my soul.
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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I wish I'd gone to music school or just started playing in bands sooner.
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There is no evidence to show that prohibition has ever had its intended impact. Of course, just as banning beef has reduced beef consumption, banning alcohol will lead to reduced alcohol consumption. But, there appears to be little or no correlation between, say, domestic violence or household impoverishment and prohibition.
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Hebrew is the language I use to thank the Creator and, also, to swear on the road.
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I feel like a younger man, and I'm sure having a child and all that has to do with that.
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I recently went to New York for the first time, and honey, I'm in love with that place. I'm obsessed with its sausages.
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When I want to understand what is happening today or try to decide what will happen tomorrow, I look back.
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I'm no Method actor. I've tried staying in character, and it's just exhausting.
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It's very important not to lose your temper in a courtroom, or in anything else you're doing.
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One always writes comedy at the moment of deepest hysteria.
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Most people who get in trouble in politics usually get in trouble because they're disconnected from the people they serve, and I don't think anybody in Tennessee, even people who won't vote for me, would accuse me of that.
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I grew up on 'Battle of the Planets.'
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It's so lovely to know that people who you would never think know about Bollywood, they know about Bollywood.
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If the U.N. didn't exist, we'd be inventing it right now.
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I'm for people bettering themselves, no matter who they are and where they are, doing all they can to be all they can be.
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I love punching the ceiling with my fists when I'm lost or I can't find a parking space.
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My definition is that geo-enlightenment is understanding the interconnectedness of things.
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For a long time, I felt instinctively irritated - sometimes repelled - by scientific friends' automatic use of the word 'mechanism' for automatic bodily processes. A machine was man-made; it was not a sentient being; a man was not a machine.
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I love going to the local market and seeing friends that I grew up with... and having conversations. I love the community of Bayonne.
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I think I'm a pretty average person, and I respond to positive things, so I write for myself.
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I like writing people from a slightly sharp angle and then throwing more light on them. I think in life we see somebody and make judgments very quickly about who they are and what they are. Or we think people are boring because they appear ordinary.
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With Net Neutrality, the level playing field that gave us Google, YouTube and eBay when they were start-ups would suddenly start to tilt in favor of the big, established players.
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I thought a book on miracles might be a great idea, but just because it's a great idea doesn't mean I'm supposed to do it. But my editor persisted, and eventually I thought, 'He's right. I should write this book.'
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I realized the true function of a lawyer was to unite parties riven asunder. The lesson was so indelibly burnt into me that a large part of my time during the twenty years of my practice as a lawyer was occupied in bringing about private compromises of hundreds of cases. I lost nothing thereby -- not even money, certainly not my soul.
