William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield Quotes
Uncertain justice by a verdict is much better than certain injustice.
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I'm such a stereotypical female learner in that I love social studies and love literature, and I always struggled with math and science.
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I like to give people more than their money's worth.
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The ultimate goal of therapy... it's too hard a question. The words come to me like tranquility, like fulfillment, like realizing your potential.
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I love dessert. All kinds. But there's something about ice cream that makes me happy. I am drawn to its simplicity. I am perplexed by the endless supply of constantly growing flavor options. And I am always in the mood for sprinkles and a sugar cone.
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I always put on a brave face when I was the most terrified, the most trapped and out of control.
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If religious people deny paradise to their opponents or to 'non-believers,' atheists would likewise seek to eliminate 'dangerous' believers with their 'childish' ways and their heads in the clouds.
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I was raised in an orthodox Jewish home where it was expected that, as a woman, I'd marry an investment banker, raise kids in the suburbs and go to temple. I wasn't raised to set the world on fire.
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We used to go around tipping outhouses over, or turning over corn shocks on Halloween. Anything to be mean.
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Drugs? Every one has a choice and I choose not to do drugs.
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Applause that comes thundering with such force you might think the audience merely suffers the music as an excuse for its ovations.
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I like directors who come on the set and create something that's a little dangerous, difficult or unusual.
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The art of fiction is one of constant seduction. You must persuade the reader on page 1 to start reading - on page 50, or page 150 and yes, on page 850.
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There was a point that I stopped crying. It's not just because I didn't feel pain anymore, not because I didn't feel sorrow. It was just to keep going. I mean, it just was to survive, to live.
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The art of conversation is the art of hearing as well as of being heard.
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We can't legislate human nature.
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The only duty an artist has is in the quality of the art. There is no moral obligation to denounce. An artist confronted with a tremendous injustice sometimes feels inclined to say something. Denouncing the situation is the artist's choice.
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That's what's inspiring to me - finding someplace where people haven't already seen themselves in a certain light.
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I'm just as unhappy about San Antonio as I was about Chicago. If you're unhappy about certain things, you're unhappy everywhere.
