Charles Fried Quotes
The profession is designed to help the court by making sure that the best possible arguments - not misleading arguments, not arguments that stretch a point, not arguments that hide precedents - but that the best possible arguments are presented, ... That's the business we're in. It's very much like if you were a doctor. Do you only cure people who, when they're cured, will lead their lives as you were going to lead them?
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If the money we donate helps one child or can ease the pain of one parent, those funds are well spent.
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I have made enough money to secure my family and that is all I care about.
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I clearly understood the concept of wise use before I ever heard the actual words, for my father wouldn't allow us to waste anything.
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No one escapes from the past without bearing some of its burdens.
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Lead us not into temptation. Just tell us where it is; we'll find it.
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To me, in life, if there's, like, a rule, and I think it's ridiculous, then of course I'll circumvent that but also point out how ridiculous the rule is. Other than that, if I go to a concert, and my seat is Row G, Seat 12, I'm sitting in Row G, Seat 12. I don't care if I'm with five other friends, I'm supposed to be in Seat 12, that's my seat.
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Ordinarily if an actor gets chosen for the lead in a film, he or she has already built up a repertoire, and everyone knows what he or she is capable of.
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Oh, it is quite possible that none of us in 'Downton' will ever again get the ratings this has had. But from a career point of view, it has opened so many doors.
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My career is an open book, but my life is not.
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The struggle is so great that the triumph over fascism alone is worth the sacrifice of our lives.
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I'm happy to just sit in a cafe and watch people. It's my favorite thing to do, for sure.
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I was born on TV, meaning that's where I caught my break. So that's where I always have to be smart and revisit that medium as much as I can.
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Whether I'm a bit of an old soul or not, I am who I am, and that doesn't change, whether I'm with adults or with my friends.
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What I get a bit angry about is the image of women.
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I've been very focused on my career outside of tennis.
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Jazz really does try to include everything. It's always been popular music. But the wonderful thing about jazz is its willingness to take chances.
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Contrary to what Kafka does, I always like to refer all of my fictions to the level of reality, He, on the other hand, leaves them at an imaginary level.
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…ibi boni mores valent quam alibi bonae leges. 2
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Yale students want to impress you with what they're doing. Harvard students want to impress you with how cool they look while doing it.
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I don't believe in paying for sex. Which is why I'll never again pay for a woman's dinner.
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Still, American composers working in France have had a pretty hard time.
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The profession is designed to help the court by making sure that the best possible arguments - not misleading arguments, not arguments that stretch a point, not arguments that hide precedents - but that the best possible arguments are presented, ... That's the business we're in. It's very much like if you were a doctor. Do you only cure people who, when they're cured, will lead their lives as you were going to lead them?
