Alexander Hamilton Quotes
The Courts must declare the sense of the law; and if they should be disposed to exercise will instead of judgement; the consequences would be the substitution of their pleasure for that of the legislative body.
Quotes to Explore
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If you try to create something that everybody can relate to, you're gonna make something that nobody can relate to.
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I don't think the Middle East could afford another war.
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Because it is my second season with the team, no time has been wasted in getting to know the people I'm working with. I am aware of what the team is capable of and how the organisation works, and they are familiar with what makes me tick.
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Why go for a costly, sickly, mass-produced purebred when shelters are full of one-of-a-kind mixed breeds who are literally dying for a home?
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The main thing for me is to make sure our home is peaceful, that it's healthy, that the kids are good.
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I think it all comes down to motivation. If you really want to do something, you will work hard for it.
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It's very easy to have slogans and rhetoric that people will follow, but eventually the slogans fall away.
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What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.
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To make money, I did portraits . The truth is so bizarre! I'm kind of embarrassed. I was like a 19th-century pirate painter. I'd say, 'Your mom would love a painting of you!' A salesman! I'd hawk paintings.
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If you always feel like an imposter, you work harder, and that makes you better at your job. You've got to keep a level of variation; otherwise, you'll end up talking about nails and beauty products all the time.
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The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read.
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A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value.
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I think I have a strange relationship with time. I'm not really aware of that time passing. I don't feel that I'm wasteful with time. But I'm not aware of it passing.
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How dull it is to have people defining you.
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I wake up early in the morning and walk for an hour. If I have something to write, I prefer to write in the morning until midday, and in the afternoon, I eat.
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No one is fit to judge a book until he has rounded Cape Horn in a sailing vessel, until he has bumped into two or three icebergs, until he has been lost in the sands of the desert, until he has spent a few years in the House of the Dead.
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It doesn't get any more underground, conscious or indie than Macklemore, Ryan Lewis, but because they got a couple of really big pop hits, actually some of the biggest pop hits that hip-hop has ever seen, people are missing that part of their story. People are not counting that blessing.
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The idea that to make a man work you've got to hold gold in front of his eyes is a growth, not an axiom. We've done that for so long that we've forgotten there's any other way.
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Of course, the ideal scenario for parenting is obviously two parents of a mature age.
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I pride myself on being courteous to people, and trying to fashion good relations.
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Millions like me in Russia want a free press, the rule of law, social justice, and free and fair elections. My new job is to fight for those people and to fight for these fundamental rights.
Garry Kasparov -
.. for desire is like a wild beast, and anger perverts rulers and the very best of men. Hence law is intelligence without appetition.
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The law rarely hesitates in declaring its own meaning; but the Judges are frequently puzzled to find out the meaning of others.
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The Courts must declare the sense of the law; and if they should be disposed to exercise will instead of judgement; the consequences would be the substitution of their pleasure for that of the legislative body.
