Harry A. Blackmun Quotes
It is precisely because the issue raised by this case touches the heart of what makes individuals what they are that we should be especially sensitive to the rights of those whose choices upset the majority.
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This fanaticism is what feeds terrorism. And this is precisely why Muslims must play an active role in opposing hate sermons and incitement to terrorism and extremism in their mosques.
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I've always been a very confident person, and I know how important it is to take advantage when life gives you opportunity.
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I don't believe in societal restrictions. It wasn't a choice - conformity simply never occurred to me.
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Anytime you have a tight race and you lose, it's not pleasant.
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If you love God, you can't hate anything or anyone. If the love one offers is met with hate, it doesn't die, rather it manifests in the form of compassion. That is universal love. It is not just a sentiment. It cannot be manifested merely by a shift in mental disposition. It can only come from inner cleaning, an inner awakening.
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Piecemeal social engineering resembles physical engineering in regarding the ends as beyond the province of technology.
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I think that its easy to think of the environment as all doom and gloom and that, 'What can we do, it's too late. And the polar bears are gone, and everything is gone.' But really, just the little steps that we can make as individuals make a big difference.
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Always farm fresh eggs, never store bought.
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Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.
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In many ways, anger is a misdirected plea for love.
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My parents live out in the middle of nowhere, in the middle of this peach orchard. It's actually Peach County, one of the largest peach-growing counties in Georgia. It's very rural, and there is nothing much going on, so I guess that's had a big influence on everything as far as just not having much to do.
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Faith is a higher faculty than reason.
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Being a pop star is something I don't think I'm very good at. I'm worried it's making me too paranoid, because all of a sudden, life has become this constant assessment. When you put something out there and people get to hear it, then those people react to it, socially, culturally.
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I was working in restaurants as a captain and as a waiter.
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Beer, it's the best damn drink in the world.
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If there is one thing that makes me unique, it's that I riff a lot.
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So many good fortunes have come my way, and I'm trying to pay it forward by helping to raise money to complete 'Bulbul: Song Of The Nightingale,' a documentary that brings attention to the social and human injustices suffered by the Banchara tribe in India.
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I haven't done fillers or Botox for ages. There comes a point where you have to match bits of you with the other bits; otherwise, you get a terribly random situation.
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The film business has so many twists and turns that it's a miracle any film gets made.
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Truth is strong medicine. It should be prescribed with great care.
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Bitch set me up... I shouldn't have come up here... goddamn bitch.
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The typical output deal from a studio is 10 to 14 movies a year.
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Music is life. Music defines peoples' experience on this planet. Name one time in your life that wasn't punctuated by the music you listened to at the time. When people are down, they listen to music that commiserates that emotion. When people are amped up, they listen to more upbeat, loud songs.
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It is precisely because the issue raised by this case touches the heart of what makes individuals what they are that we should be especially sensitive to the rights of those whose choices upset the majority.
