Learned Hand Quotes
The mutual confidence on which all else depends can be maintained only by an open mind and a brave reliance upon free discussion.
Quotes to Explore
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I lost 'The X Factor,' and I lost 'Deal or No Deal' twice. I'm good at losing game shows.
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Happiness is an inside job.
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To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would be if men died for ideas that were true!
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My mother was against me being an artist. She just wanted me to marry a rich man.
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If you're on a road trip, you need driving music.
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Usually people are questioning my athleticism more than my femininity!
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Thinking differently is my strength.
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By admitting your inadequacies, you show that you're self-aware enough to know your areas for improvement - and secure enough to be open about them.
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I'm fortunate to be famous for two rather imposing characters like Magneto and Gandalf.
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I don't understand why there aren't more powerful female directors. I don't have the answers, but I hope that things may start to shift and that studios will employ more women to handle strong and interesting material.
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Education is at the heart of achieving your dreams.
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I want to make sure that that future that we're creating is one that is the best it can be for people around the world, and also one that includes the full range of our talent and our skills - and, you know, gender and ethnicity, geography - to solving the world's problems.
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In high school, the fastest I ever ran was like a 4.67; that's pretty fast. But then, I only weighed 168 pounds.
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I think that when you are on a four-inch balance beam, you don't care about laughing or smiling or waving to the crowd because you're going to be down in a second.
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I think management and technology all come into play in building a super-yacht. It is a challenge - a serious challenge.
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Wine is something to enjoy. We get sick and tired of people who pick it apart and talk about its 'saucy nuances.'
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I think trust is the most important thing. If the actors and the director and the crew trust each other and you set up perimeters and boundaries, you give everyone space to do great work.
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I'm proud of my decade-long fight to have all ophthalmologists re-certify, regardless of age.
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Sometimes pressure can be good, and it gives you a lot of energy to do something.
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I am not happy, and the quest for happiness as a principal objective is not part of my world. Of course, ever since I can remember, I have done what I felt like doing.
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Women joked amongst themselves: 'Why do you think a bride cries on her wedding day? It's for the love that this marriage is putting an end to for all eternity. Men may think a woman has no past- "you were born and then I married you"- but men are fools.
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I will fight against the division politics of revenge and retribution. If you put me to work for you, I will work to lift people up, not put them down.
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I have a graduate degree from Penn State. I studied at Penn State under a noted Hemingway scholar, Philip Young. I had an interest in thrillers, and it occurred to me that Hemingway wrote many action scenes: the war scenes in 'A Farewell to Arms' and 'For Whom the Bell Tolls' come to mind. But the scenes don't feel pulpy.
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The mutual confidence on which all else depends can be maintained only by an open mind and a brave reliance upon free discussion.
