Abe Fortas Quotes
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It is the job of our military to protect America and to hunt down and kill those who would threaten to murder Americans.
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We have to stand up for what we believe in, even when we might not be popular for it. Honesty starts with being ourselves, authentic and true to who we are and what we believe in, and that may not always be popular, but it will always let you follow your dreams and your heart.
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I love doing impressions of politicians because the task is always to imagine the private lives of these people whose job it is to project an image of staunch, unflinching leadership and grace, and that's just not how human beings, in their heart of hearts, work.
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The history of philosophy is not, like the history of the sciences, to be studied with the intellect alone. That which is receptive in us and that which impinges upon us from history is the reality of man's being, unfolding itself in thought.
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When you are the invisible man to the head coach, the only option is to head for the exit.
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Dontel Benjamin on 'Eastbound' is a loud-mouth, braggadocios, crazy man, while Roy on 'Rake' is a very deliberate, thoughtful man, and he doesn't scream a lot.
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In 1994, after four years of talking about travel on my first show, I realized I knew so little about the world - I knew so little about myself. I decided to quit my job and pursue a postgraduate degree in New York.
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Evil is always devising more corrosive misery through man's restless need to exact revenge out of his hate.
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I put myself out there; it's part of my job, and I get it: people will attack me. At first I was thrown off, but now I have a pretty thick skin about it.
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The company of fools may first make us smile, but in the end we always feel melancholy.
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I always knew I wanted to be a writer. I just wasn't sure what I wanted to do as a money-making job.
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100% of Net-a-porter customers have a man in their lives in some capacity, and 59% are married or living with a partner.
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He was a man, he always performed his promises.
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I think I would have been so much in awe of the movie set, the people and what everybody's job was, that I don't know if I would be able to concentrate on the character.
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A true man hates no one.
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When you're first reading the script and thinking about playing the part, it's slightly daunting. It's easy to question, 'Is an audience going to like me? And is that my job?'
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It was the best job I ever had. I just left because my whole team was leaving and the new guys were coming.
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I had a job since I was old enough to work - since I was, like, 14.
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The improvisational nature of jazz musicianship is such that a truly competent performer must be prepared to function as an on-the-spot composer who is expected to contribute to the orchestration in progress, not simply to execute the score as it is written and rehearsed.
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The army will hear nothing of politics from me and in return I expect to hear nothing of politics from the army.
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I think Gil Scott-Heron is a king. He's a brilliant, broken king.
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Banks should decide on dividend increases and share buybacks after receiving the results of stress tests, when they know how much capital regulators wish them to hold.
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Judging is a lonely job in which a man is, as near as may be, an island entire.
