Ernest Gowers Quotes
I was in favour of the death penalty, and disposed to regard abolitionists as people whose hearts were bigger than their heads. Four years of close study of the subject gradually dispelled that feeling. In the end I became convinced that the abolitionists were right in their conclusions...and that far from the sentimental approach leading into their camp and the rational one into that of the supporters, it was the other way about.Ernest Gowers
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It's not like I have the most perfect body in the world. I'm a normal girl.
Camilla Luddington -
As investors, we want to believe we are smart, insightful and uniquely talented - even though we often fail to do the heavy lifting, put in the long hours, and make the uncomfortable but necessary decisions to achieve success.
Barry Ritholtz -
It makes me feel good that I can now sit there and go, I've worked with Jack Nicholson, Al Pacino, all the great actors that I've worked with... Sir Ben Kingsley.
Aaron Eckhart -
I just had the sense that at least the books that I had read about law just didn't really have enough of that.
Floyd Abrams -
Islam tells us every girl and boy should be educated. I don't know why the Taliban have forgotten it.
Malala Yousafzai -
I was always fascinated by politics, and I was exposed to it quite a lot.
J. B. Pritzker
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I've experienced writer's block, but never for more than a few days.
Walter Jon Williams -
We are not making a capital investment into GM as the first element or condition.
Carlos Ghosn -
I would hate to see the idea of freedom disappear, and I wonder if maybe it will.
Ian Frazier -
Privilege tends to soften the brain, or so I’ve observed.
Kage Baker -
Real theology is always rather shocking to people who already think they know what they think. I'm still shocked myself.
Larry Wall -
If you want a lover I'll do anything you ask me to. And if you want another kind of love I'll wear a mask for you.
Leonard Cohen
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Women have crucified the Mary Wollstonecrafts, the Fanny Wrights, and the George Sands of all ages. Men mock us with the fact and say we are ever cruel to each other... If this present woman must be crucified, let men drive the spikes.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton -
The image of the sun where it falls appears as a thing which covers the person who attempts to cover it.
Leonardo da Vinci -
Morgan, Lewis is a very large firm now, but it was not quite as big then. It was exciting for an associate in those days, because you got good and varied assignments and terrific training.
Fred F. Fielding -
'Reign' is probably the oldest one on the record. I wrote that when I was 19. 'The Dead They Don't Come Back,' which is the last song on the album, I wrote when I was 20, and 'Harlem River' I just wrote last year. It spans from 2007 to 2012.
Kevin Morby -
I have an urge to communicate. I think I'm a change from what it would be like dating a normal guy who doesn't talk too much.
Drake -
I hate knowing where people go to the bathroom. You follow them going to pee, to eat - I hate everything when it comes to reality shows!
Francois Nars
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The spirit of moderation should also be the spirit of the lawgiver.
Charles de Montesquieu -
The first person you have to resurrect is yourself
Robert Fitzgerald Diggs Achozen -
Whenever I'm in sync with the trends, it's always an accident. I still love wearing clothes I've had for ten years. I think understated luxury is the chicest thing.
Padma Lakshmi -
My dad couldn't connect to my wanting to be a filmmaker. He was very connected in entertainment, and through him I met Steven Spielberg and got rides on his private plane to California. I'd see Spielberg's people reading scripts. I was like, 'That's what I want to be when I grow up.'
Doug Liman -
I was in favour of the death penalty, and disposed to regard abolitionists as people whose hearts were bigger than their heads. Four years of close study of the subject gradually dispelled that feeling. In the end I became convinced that the abolitionists were right in their conclusions...and that far from the sentimental approach leading into their camp and the rational one into that of the supporters, it was the other way about.
Ernest Gowers