Emile Gaboriau Quotes
He began at once to write out one of these terrible decisions of “Not proven,” which restores liberty, but not honor, to the accused man; which says that he is not guilty, but does not say he is innocent.
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Humor disarms people. It opens them up to starting a dialogue about things they wouldn't normally talk about. I don't understand how people who don't have a sense of humor get through life.
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I've dealt with a lot in my life.
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I really think it is possible to make a very nice living by writing and not worrying about anything else.
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People are told their rights when they're arrested. Consumers getting collection letters are entitled to the same courtesy.
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It seems there's always another rumor about my life; some people are simply talked about more than others.
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It's easy to get distracted by the vaudevillian aspects of the healthcare debate.
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What gunpowder did for war the printing press has done for the mind.
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As the bill requires, any terror alert system must give people and organizations some indication about what steps they must take to improve their own security and assist in the Nation's security.
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I throw a spear into the darkness. That is intuition. Then I must send an army into the darkness to find the spear. That is intellect.
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Gymnastics, especially in my family, is more than a sport. It's our life, it's our careers, it's our family business.
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An employee who's one of hundreds, rather than one of a few, is unlikely to feel personally responsible for helping the organization adapt and change.
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One who doesn't throw the dice can never expect to score a six.
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The Supreme Court of the United States... has validated the Nazi method of execution in... concentration camps, starving them to death.
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The two offices of memory are collection and distribution.
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I like performing in front of big crowds.
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In the history of the world, all five mass extinctions have been accompanied by massive climate change, so we are facing an incredibly serious threat. In fact, we are technically in the sixth mass extinction right now, and it is the first mass extinction being attributed to humans.
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The Spanish troops returned and we could yet discover the grass beaten down in the direction which they went.
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We gain freedom when we have paid the full price.
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Perhaps the bleakest fact of all is that the death penalty is imposed not only in a freakish and discriminatory manner, but also in some cases upon defendants who are actually innocent.
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Those who have failed to work toward the truth have missed the purpose of living.
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I don't want to put up this act of being a voracious reader, which I am not.
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Always Do Your Best. Your best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse and regret.
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Calculus is the most powerful weapon of thought yet devised by the wit of man.
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He began at once to write out one of these terrible decisions of “Not proven,” which restores liberty, but not honor, to the accused man; which says that he is not guilty, but does not say he is innocent.
