Benjamin Wittes Quotes
The idea that the president doesn't interfere in law-enforcement investigative matters is one of our deep normative expectations of the modern presidency. But it is not a matter of law. Legally, if the president of the United States wants to direct the specific conduct of investigations, that is his constitutional prerogative.Benjamin Wittes
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Even in the angels there is the subordination of one hierarchy to another, and in the heavens, and all the bodies that are moved, the lowest by the highest and the highest in their turn unto the Supreme Mover of all.
Saint Ignatius -
Men are freest when they are most unconscious of freedom. The shout is a rattling of chains, always was.
D. H. Lawrence -
The influence of blogging is overall a very positive force in the media.
Garrett Graff -
I watch vlogs on YouTube. I watch Jenna Marbles a lot - I think she's really funny - and a lady called Daily Grace.
Maisie Williams -
Any Wall Street advertising that does not go into the boring details of methodology is most likely to be pushing past performance.
Barry Ritholtz -
I like being in love, but loving is what is crucial to me. Loving is the reason to live.
Saffron Burrows
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I feel like I've set the bar fairly high, and I want to keep living up to that bar.
Aaron Rodgers -
An epigram is only a wisecrack that's played at Carnegie Hall.
Oscar Levant -
Liberation cannot be desired because desire is the bondage. When you are desireless, you are liberated.
Rajneesh -
If you can't imitate him, don't copy him.
Yogi Berra -
The magic of music is so strong, getting stronger, it should break any shackle of another art.
E. T. A. Hoffmann -
Children are holy and pure. Even those of bandits and crocodiles belong among the angels.... They must not be turned into a plaything of one’s mood, first to be tenderly kissed, then rabidly stomped at.
Anton Chekhov
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We know that enlightened capital didn't get rid of the slave trade.
Anand Giridharadas -
Poetry must have something in it that is barbaric, vast and wild.
Denis Diderot -
I always get jealous when I'm in London because the men are so well put together. They wear suits with shoes and ties that have splashes of colour here and there.
Paul Wesley -
The comic book world is so dangerous, you know what I mean? You say one thing and people - they're ravenous - they are very opinionated fans. But they're great fans.
Chris Evans -
Your success can't be determined by your surname but only by your work.
Arjun Kapoor -
I've loved the escapism of being another person, slipping into another character for a little while.
Jeri Ryan
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We definitely didn't want it to be anything like our first or second records. We wanted to experiment more than we ever had and take any new idea and run with it as far as we could.
Bert McCracken -
I haven't committed a crime. What I did was fail to comply with the law.
David Dinkins -
Dear Mr. President: ... We urge you, after consulting with Congress, and consistent with the U.S. Constitution and laws, to take necessary actions (including, if appropriate, air and missile strikes on suspect Iraq sites) to respond effectively to the threat posed by Iraq's refusal to end its weapons of mass destruction programs.
Joe Lieberman -
We're extremely excited about the assets that Yahoo has in the areas of Sports and Finance and Email and News. You match those up with AOL, and we've just made an exponential leap in capabilities here.
Lowell McAdam -
The idea that the president doesn't interfere in law-enforcement investigative matters is one of our deep normative expectations of the modern presidency. But it is not a matter of law. Legally, if the president of the United States wants to direct the specific conduct of investigations, that is his constitutional prerogative.
Benjamin Wittes