William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield Quotes
Decide promptly, but never give any reasons for your decisions. Your decisions may be right, but your reasons are sure to be wrong.
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A guitar riff played on a piano doesn't come close to the purity of it being played on a guitar but I faked it enough to get by.
Barry Mann
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I thought I'd be doing weird, Off Broadway theater after I graduated.
Laura Harrier
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I consider myself more of a cultural Jew; I'm not religious in any way.
Adam Lamberg
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Maybe black and white is the best medium for landscapes, I don't know.
Fay Godwin
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I just happen to have one of those skill sets that allows me to work in my underwear.
Garry Trudeau
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A car is a killing machine. It's like waving a loaded gun. People don't realise how dangerous they are.
Victoria Pendleton
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I feel very strongly that 'curves' are natural, womanly and real.
Kate Winslet
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I feel like there should be a statute of limitations on scoring political points on the tragedy that was Hurricane Katrina.
Dana Perino
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I was watching 'Pulp Fiction' when we were making 'Now and Then'. I didn't care about 'Now and Then,' you know?
Gaby Hoffmann
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At the end of the day, Democrats go out and appeal to 30 percent of the far left; Republicans go out and appeal to 30 percent of the far right. Hey, there's a big middle ground here that's not represented. I think that, Bill Weld and myself, I think the Libertarian Party really occupies that ground.
Gary Johnson
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Now, on nights that I can't sleep, I play video games alone until the morning.
Namie Amuro
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Americans believe cotton is best, but we've invented new fabrics that will change your lifestyle.
Tadashi Yanai
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It's an intolerable abuse of power to have employees who are supposed to be advancing the public interest actually working on political campaigns.
Sal Albanese
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John Glenn craved the publicity. I think even John would admit that. When he went into politics, that became pretty obvious! He knew how to do public relations.
Wally Schirra
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Poet: 'Straton wanders among the Scythian nomads, but has no linen garment. He is sad at only wearing an animal's pelt and no tunic.' Do you get what I mean? Pisthetaerus: I understand that you want me to offer you a tunic. Hi! you (To the acolyte.) take off yours; we must help the poet. (tr. O'Neill 1938, Perseus)
Aristophanes
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While in America beautiful is skinny, in Barbados it's thick - girls with huge butts and nice curves.
Rihanna
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Cara, ever since you told me at the age of four that you wanted to be Claudia Schiffer, while you were naked in the bath with a sponge on your head, I knew you were destined for great things.
Poppy Delevingne
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When you watch the films that I'm inspired by - from the '60s and '70s - it's not about the special effects: it's about the story; it's about characters and relationships.
Pilou Asbaek
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It is a significant gamble to assume that troops in our U.K. Armed Forces would volunteer for a Scottish Defence Force.
Philip Hammond
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On service Giving feels good. It's a form of healing. Not just for you as an individual, but for everyone.
Jennifer Beals
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Our reason is always disappointed by the inconstancy of appearances.
Blaise Pascal
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That, in essence, is the catastrophe of suicide for those who survive: not only the loss of someone, but the loss of the chance to persuade that person to act differently, the loss of the chance to connect.
Andrew Solomon
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Decide promptly, but never give any reasons for your decisions. Your decisions may be right, but your reasons are sure to be wrong.
William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield