Learned Hand Quotes
'I beseech ye in the bowels of Christ, think that ye may be mistaken.' I should like to have that written over the portals of every church, every school, and every courthouse, and, may I say, of every legislative body in the United States. I should like to have every court begin, 'I beseech ye in the bowels of Christ, think that we may be mistaken.'
Quotes to Explore
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I was probably never going to get to do the kind of things dramatically that I really wanted to do, so I returned to theater from time to time, and to write, and produce. It's by no means sour grapes.
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I think my numbers speak for themselves.
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If there's a strange way to do something, I would certainly like to know about it. I feel that I owe that to my public.
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No one should drive a hard bargain with an artist.
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I was authorized to do everything that I did.
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I don't think that I ever believed that poetry would be a career. I have always thought of poems as something more private than professional... I would never introduce myself as a poet. I will always have some other thing that I am.
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From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.
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The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their whole life in the hands of some other person. I would describe this method of searching for happiness as immature. Development of character consists solely in moving toward self-sufficiency.
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No person is just one particular emotion.
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What I'm very concerned about is how do we bolster our self-awareness as humans, as biological organisms?
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Success is the sweetest revenge.
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I was excited to get the opportunity to sing something in a movie 'cause I love musicals and I would love to be able to do more movie musicals, in the future.
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We are going to position ourselves as a world-class financial institution. We want to do things that are comparable to the best in the world. At the same time, we want to have very strong human qualities.
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'Until Friday Night' is the first book in my new young adult series, 'The Field Party.'
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Mars, when guilty of homicide, and set free from the charge of murder by the Athenians through favour, lest he should appear to be too fierce and savage, committed adultery with Venus.
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Most female CEOs have been more understanding than their male counterparts, of the stress that new mothers experience to 'do it all,' which often means, 'all by themselves.' Why? They've been there. They understand the policies needed to keep women in the workforce.
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Over the years as I went through a lot more things, I've gotten closer and closer to God as far as praying a lot more, being into the Word.
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And sometimes you have to go above the written law, I believe.
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I think very few people still understand the distinction between CEOs on Wall Street and the hedge-fund billionaires operating separately.
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It's not that difficult to win. It's more difficult to win consistently and stay on top.
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The civil rights movement was about access to public space. We had to fight for public space.
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I was a freshman and auditioned for the school play. Freshmen usually never got cast. I was the first freshman to be actually given a legitimate part and it was that feeling of 'Wow! I broke the system!'
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In the 21st century, we can't create security by building walls.
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'I beseech ye in the bowels of Christ, think that ye may be mistaken.' I should like to have that written over the portals of every church, every school, and every courthouse, and, may I say, of every legislative body in the United States. I should like to have every court begin, 'I beseech ye in the bowels of Christ, think that we may be mistaken.'
