Charles Fried Quotes
If only people who are ideologically committed to a particular outcome argued to the courts, the law would be worse off.
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I don't think I've ever sent a text to Gordon Brown because I'm confident that he would absolutely have no idea how to receive it. He barely managed to master WordPerfect 4.1.
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During a movie, chemistry is so important, and yet they just assume actors can fake their way through it. That doesn't always work.
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For me, great music doesn't just have to fall into one category or one genre and I love appreciating all kinds of music.
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Our duties and responsibilities as human beings must be shown to be so incontrovertible that even atheists must recognize them. There are ultimate taboos.
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We're so marriage-obsessed, we think that only married people are families.
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A man cannot become an atheist merely by wishing it.
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There are a lot of people who consider themselves 'spiritual,' but that can mean a lot of things to a lot of people. I don't really talk about it that often, because there's too much talk in the world. Especially with Christians, there's more proselytizing than there is actual living proof of it. That's kind of sad.
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Most interviewers are looking for a headline. They're not skilled. They're looking for shock value.
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I'm slightly unsure as to what my goal is. I just keep doing jobs.
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Yeah, I like to have fun - I think that's a good way to live. I think you're better at your job if you like it.
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I started out as a stand-up comedian. And that's what I'm most comfortable doing.
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Anybody can be good in the country. There are no temptations there.
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It's part of the job to compensate for outfit.
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My greatest desire as an actor is to keep people guessing and not do anything close to what I did last time.
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I think the hardest thing to do in a relationship is something for yourself.
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You know, Castle's the kind of guy that when he meets somebody, that's a connection for him. He remains connected to the people that he meets. That's the kind of guy he is, be they criminals, gangster rappers, mafia guys, art thieves, whoever it is, he nurtures those relationships.
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David Bowie worked with Brian Eno and dressed up in extraordinary clothes, but he was also a brilliant songwriter who captured the thoughts of a generation. He was hugely successful, without compromise.
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I do not believe in hypocrisy.
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I wanted to be a novelist from a very early age - 11 or 12 - but I don't think I ever thought I would write historical fiction. I never thought I might write academic history because I simply wasn't good enough!
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That's what the founding fathers intended, that most decisions be made at the state level, not at the federal level.
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At heart, I'm a dude from South Central Los Angeles. We roll the way we roll because we had survival tactics; we had to learn how to adapt. That's just me.
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Let's make sure we're doing what we can in our own backyard to gain our energy independence and to create American jobs with American energy.
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Both China and Russia felt duped by the U.N. 'no-fly' zone resolution regarding Libya in 2011 that eventually led to the ouster of Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi. China and Russia had abstained from the Libyan resolution, and neither country plans to make what they regard as a similar mistake again.
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If only people who are ideologically committed to a particular outcome argued to the courts, the law would be worse off.
