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.Benjamin Wittes
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Your private life is really very important for you. You know, all of us, you know.
Yoko Ono -
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.
Naomi Klein -
I could have ended the war in a month. I could have made North Vietnam look like a mud puddle.
Barry Goldwater -
Social Security is too vital to be lumped into backroom budget talks where the views of ordinary Americans risk going unheard.
Ted Deutch -
Pop knew absolutely nothing about pro football.
Wellington Mara -
When you tell the American people, 'Read my lips. No new taxes,' that should mean no new taxes.
Ted Cruz
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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.
Olafur Eliasson -
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.
Carlos Ruiz Zafon -
I would rather play Hamlet with no rehearsal than TV golf.
Jack Lemmon -
Don't be surprised at Fortune's turns and twists: That wheel has spun a thousand yarns before.
Hafez -
It's fun to come back to the town where I went to school and see all the new Wildcat players.
Natalie Gulbis -
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.
Yair Lapid
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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.
Karin Slaughter -
Jack: Hey, wait a minute. What kind of make up is this?
Jack Benny -
To hinder, besides, the farmer from selling his goods at all times to the best market, is evidently to sacrifice the ordinary laws of justice to an idea of public utility, to a sort of reasons of state; an act of legislative authority which ought to be exercised only, which can be pardoned only in cases of the most urgent necessity.
Adam Smith -
Twenty years will produce all the mischief that can be apprehended from the liberty to import slaves. So long a term will be more dishonorable to the National character than to say nothing about it in the Constitution.
James Madison -
Not surprisingly, the insurance lobby recoils in horror at the prospect of automatic coverage ( including, when it was first proposed, Social Security), no matter how efficient it may be. Automatic coverage eliminates sales commissions and profit.
Andrew Tobias -
It's when you're true to yourself that resonates with other people.
Keegan-Michael Key
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I don't think you need any kind of backing here in the industry. I think what you achieve in your life is the result of your own talent and hard work.
Deepika Padukone -
No matter how hard you climb, there are always the rich above you, who got there without effort. Lucky stiffs, holding you down, making you discontent so you buy more of the crap advertised on television.
John Updike -
My mother was a very positive thinker; she was always active, always doing something good.
Joseph B. Wirthlin -
Most mistakes in philosophy and logic occur because the human mind is apt to take the symbol for the reality.
Albert Einstein -
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.
Benjamin Wittes