Ernest Belfort Bax Quotes
From all we have said, it will now be evident, one would think, to the most prejudiced reader that modern English Law, following obsequiously a deluded or apathetic stage of public opinion, has solved the problem of the division of rights and duties between the sexes, by conceding to woman all rights, and imposing on man all duties.
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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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Playing music is a beautiful thing. But listening to music is just as great.
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I never judge my own songwriting. It's just my heart. What's there to judge about your own heart?
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When we think about the past, we think, 'It must have been so boring.' It's actually not.
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I am really looking for a chance to direct. I feel like that's kind of the next frontier for me. I know that it's really hard to do, but I feel like I want to have a chance to try and translate something I've written and try and get a tone across.
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I grew up on a farm in Oregon, an adopted child, with one sibling, and parents the age of all my peers' grandparents. We lived in isolation from the people around us, and it was always a struggle to cope with as a child. The heart can really expire under those conditions. I always felt like I was looking at the world from the outside.
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If we don't somehow stem the tide of childhood obesity, we're going to have a huge problem.
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I say that I represent this movement because my intellectual allegiances are clearly European, not African.
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I filed the first gay rights bill in Massachusetts history in 1972 in the legislature, one of the first in the country.
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The problem with listening to music today is that there's so much of it everywhere. We've got used to hearing music without actually listening to it.
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My goal was just to work regularly. I didn't ever expect to be rich or famous. I wanted to be a working character actor.
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A girl can never have too many lipstick options!
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I don't think couture will die. But it should have no pretension that it will conquer the world. It's not something that will disappear because all you need is a thread and a needle to start making something couture.
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Nature is a divine art; it cannot be the artist. It is a dominical book and cannot be the scribe. It is an embroidery and cannot be the embroiderer. It is a register and cannot be the accountant. It is the law and cannot be the power.
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I have been committed to carrying out my duties... in accordance with both the letter and spirit of all applicable rules of ethics and canons of conduct.
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Black people have been fighting for basic citizenship rights since the inception of the country.
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In 'Billy Madison,' I worked with Adam before anyone really knew he was Adam Sandler.
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Steaming maintains some of the aubergine flesh's texture, which doesn't happen if you cook it in any other way.
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Do not pour guilt into someone's psyche, and don't let anyone tamper with your conscience.
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We don't think that we are in a quarrel with anybody. We may have a difference of opinion, but we'll not allow such differences of opinion to grow into a problem that stands in the way of reconstructing the country and regaining the democratic path.
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The truly tragic kind of suffering is the kind produced and defiantly insisted upon by the hero himself so that, instead of making him better, it makes him worse and when he dies he is not reconciled to the law but defiant, that is, damned. Lear is not a tragic hero, Othello is.
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The problem with the whole issue is that both sides need to be accommodated. There does need to be better border security for national security purposes, but in my view you cannot have better border security until you deal with the problem of finding a way for people to immigrate legally. People are not crossing the border risking life and limb to do so because they're too lazy to go down to the visa office and apply legally.
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From all we have said, it will now be evident, one would think, to the most prejudiced reader that modern English Law, following obsequiously a deluded or apathetic stage of public opinion, has solved the problem of the division of rights and duties between the sexes, by conceding to woman all rights, and imposing on man all duties.
