Benjamin Wittes Quotes
Conservatives complain that the Supreme Court is too liberal. Liberals complain that it's too conservative. Both charges are inaccurate: in reality the Court is a careful political actor that arguably represents the center of gravity of American politics better than most politicians do.
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I struggle if I have chaos around me, but at the same time, if I don't have it, I'm uncomfortable. It's a strange thing: If I don't have chaos, I create it.
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Your private life is really very important for you. You know, all of us, you know.
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I want to act, if I can, as a bridge for people who read 'Shock Doctrine' or 'No Logo'. People who are sitting out for whatever reasons.
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As a writer, I absorb stories, allow them to churn within my own head and heart - often for years - until I find a way of telling them that fits both my time and temperament.
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I could have ended the war in a month. I could have made North Vietnam look like a mud puddle.
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Social Security is too vital to be lumped into backroom budget talks where the views of ordinary Americans risk going unheard.
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Pop knew absolutely nothing about pro football.
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When you tell the American people, 'Read my lips. No new taxes,' that should mean no new taxes.
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I took a writing class in college, liked it, and my first year out of school I couldn't get a job, so I wrote a play.
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The day we run out of petrol is the day Iran will be free.
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I've walked a lot in the mountains in Iceland. And as you come to a new valley, as you come to a new landscape, you have a certain view. If you stand still, the landscape doesn't necessarily tell you how big it is. It doesn't really tell you what you're looking at. The moment you start to move the mountain starts to move.
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I'm interested in everything. I don't see why Borges can't work along with Neil Gaiman, or Stephen King can't be mixed with Balzac. It's just storytelling; it's different ways of using codes and images and words and sounds.
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I would rather play Hamlet with no rehearsal than TV golf.
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Don't be surprised at Fortune's turns and twists: That wheel has spun a thousand yarns before.
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It's fun to come back to the town where I went to school and see all the new Wildcat players.
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Israel was founded as a refuge for the Jewish people, but today it isn't a safe place. It is safer to be Jew in New York.
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People forget that writers start off being readers. We all love it when we find a terrific read, and we want to let people know about it.
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Jack: Hey, wait a minute. What kind of make up is this?
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If you don't fix latent failures in your system, you're asking for trouble.
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It is the same life that emerges in joy through the dust of the earth into numberless waves of flower.
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Yes, our band will change and evolve, but we want to establish the reality of what this band truly sounds like.
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My anger made me drink as an escape from reality, a way of forgetting. But you don't know when the medicinal effect ends and the poisoning begins ... This is my sixth year of sobriety. Overcoming alcoholism has been my greatest challenge and my greatest reward.
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Conservatives complain that the Supreme Court is too liberal. Liberals complain that it's too conservative. Both charges are inaccurate: in reality the Court is a careful political actor that arguably represents the center of gravity of American politics better than most politicians do.
