Ted Olson Quotes
The very idea of marriage is basic to recognition as equals in our society; any status short of that is inferior, unjust, and unconstitutional.
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
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I was a big 'Battlestar Galactica' fan and 'Star Trek' fan. I grew up watching those.
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I work eight hours a day, but I'm not writing all that time. I'm thinking, editing, looking something up. Thinking is what I do a lot of.
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It's true that I'm taking a break from writing a regular column to do other things but it's got nothing to do with what dear Simon has or has not written.
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I've never been one to sit around and eat my heart out. Life's too short.
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I'm a chubby middle-aged white guy with short hair. I think that's it, really. I kind of have a look. Right now, I'm not fat enough to be the fat friend, but I'm not thin enough to be the leading man, so I look like a cop.
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If I can help a kid discover a liking, or even a passion for music in their life, then that's a wonderful thing.
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Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.
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To insult someone we call him 'bestial. For deliberate cruelty and nature, 'human' might be the greater insult.
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The usual fortune of complaint is to excite contempt more than pity.
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No one rises so high as he who knows not whither he is going.
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I'm always trying to make myself laugh. I'm the most enthusiastic audience I'm likely to find, so if it doesn't make me smile then it probably won't work on you. The jokes that only make me shrug get cut.
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We are exactly where we have chosen to be.
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Financial analysts make a lot more than accountants.
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Of course great politicians are always liable to be wrong about something, and the more people tell them they are wrong, the more stubbornly they defend their error.
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I think the films we see, the Hollywood films, which are basically entertainment, will still be there, but they'll be in a totally different category. People won't take them seriously. They'll kind of end up the way comic books have. A side view of things.
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North as well as South, the Negroes have emerged from slavery into a serfdom of poverty and restricted rights.
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I like boys. I am not foreign; I was born and raised in Hickory County, Mo.
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I'm pretty indiscriminating, and I have awful taste, generally.
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He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god.
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Marriage is not a magical potion that serves to amplify adoration, reduce deep-seated feelings of resentment, erase fears of commitment, or answer questions about whether or not this is the right move. Marriage is a ceremony that cements your current bond to another human being, and while that's a huge thing, that's all it does.
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As long as we persevere and endure, we can get anything we want.
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There's a huge redistribution away from workers to people who use immigrants. ... That's what people are arguing about.
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The very idea of marriage is basic to recognition as equals in our society; any status short of that is inferior, unjust, and unconstitutional.
