Eric Dezenhall Quotes
The Constitution gives you the right to a lawyer, but it doesn't allow you the right to a good reputation.
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'Empathy' is the latest code word for liberal activism, for treating the Constitution as malleable clay to be kneaded and molded in whatever form justices want. It represents an expansive view of the judiciary in which courts create policy that couldn't pass the legislative branch or, if it did, would generate voter backlash.
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I'm stingy and I'm proud of the reputation.
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In a way my reputation has become that of the curmudgeon.
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It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.
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Among physicists and chemists, cold fusion - nuclear fusion at close to room temperature - enjoys a reputation about on par with creationism.
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In 2008, as a matter of fact, I had people accusing me of being a Senator Obama supporter because I wouldn't slam him. I said, 'Well, consider the fact that I voted for impeachment for President Clinton, but it wasn't a personal vote. I voted based on the facts and the law and the Constitution and what we were dealing with.'
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I've never worked on a lawyer show for a long time, but I imagine the actors all start acting like lawyers.
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The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil constitution, are worth defending against all hazards: And it is our duty to defend them against all attacks.
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The prevailing structures of personal reputation and career advancement mean the biggest rewards often follow the flashiest work, not the best.
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If you are worried about the risk to your reputation, you don't launch a telecoms firm in an aggressive way.
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The main business of a lawyer is to take the romance, the mystery, the irony, the ambiguity out of everything he touches.
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Your attitude will go a long way in determining your success, your recognition, your reputation and your enjoyment in being a lawyer.
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I'm from a small town, and I thought I would be a lawyer.
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One woman told me that every time she wears Lanvin, men fall in love with her. Another told me she wore Lanvin to face her husband's lawyer because she felt protected. If I can make men fall in love with women and if I can protect women, I think I can die peacefully.
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When I finished school, everyone wanted to go to a good university and become a lawyer or a doctor. My A-levels were sort of chosen for me.
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My brother Cody is 19. He wants to stay out of the limelight and become a lawyer. I want him to be an entertainment lawyer, so he can help me out!
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I had aspirations to do different things with my life. I wanted to play soccer. I wanted to be a lawyer. Serendipity.
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The Tort Tax adds to the cost of everything we buy because businesses and manufacturers have to cover themselves and their employees - just in case they get sued by a greedy personal injury lawyer.
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As a lawyer, particularly in criminal law, you really do have to try to tell your story to the jury and hope that the judge makes rulings that allows your story to get through.
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Decades of research have shown that most happy families communicate effectively. But talking doesn't mean simply 'talking through problems,' as important as that is. Talking also means telling a positive story about yourselves.
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I am wise enough to know that there are some perils from which a man must flee.
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Travel is something that I like to do because it gives you lots of images, and it also really makes you think about your own place in the world in a very different way.
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Our critique of Israel has to be about the state, not culture or religion, but the state of Israel.
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The Constitution gives you the right to a lawyer, but it doesn't allow you the right to a good reputation.
