Louis D. Brandeis Quotes
Our government... teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy.
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I come from an immigrant family, but I know no other nationality apart from British.
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It's a rough and tumble game whenever power is involved - people's ambitions, their desires, their competitive spirit will often push them to play outside the rules. It's dramatic, it's interesting, and I think it's something we can all identify with to a degree.
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You must not fear death, my lads; defy him, and you drive him into the enemy's ranks.
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I grew up thinking there was something called 'independent film,' which I wouldn't necessarily have had access to if there wasn't Sundance.
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How long you live is less important than how healthy you are along the way.
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My health is fine.
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I'm not saying I'm a paragon of virtue, but it's hard for me not to be honorable.
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A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labor and there is an invisible labor.
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A lot of people who are overweight - not everyone, but a lot of people - are dealing with issues such as emotional issues, stress issues. They become stress eaters and emotional eaters.
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Happiness is a mysterious concept. It seems to work best as futurity: at that point I will be happy, et cetera. I feel like I experience small pieces of joy day to day.
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I remember having an argument with Alan, I said the Queen's not just going to call the guy up and send him out to do it. And Alan says, well, how would a monarch give orders to her assassin.
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The laziest man I ever met put popcorn in his pancakes so they would turn over by themselves.
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I love rock n' rollers.
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Your initial idea may or may not work, but you have to remember that a failed idea is nothing but a stepping stone to a bigger success.
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Your first duty as a writer is to write to please yourself. And you have no duty towards anyone else.
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Everything you'll ever need to know is within you; the secrets of the universe are imprinted on the cells of your body.
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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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My feeling is that maintaining financial independence is also a healthy way to keep my feet on the ground.
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As far as songwriting, my inspirations came from love, life and death, and viewing other people's situations.
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My first reaction to Trump being elected was a visceral one. I cried for black people in general but, more particularly, for those of us at the margins who have been struggling and who have never received enough support.
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I've told many people that I'm not looking to go out there and find the most beautiful girl in the world who likes me because I'm 'Mr. American Idol Scott McCreery.' If I could just find a nice hometown girl who just likes me for who I am, that's all I want.
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My parents are the reason I wanted to make Shakespeare available to ordinary people.
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Whenever I write a new song, it always happens when I come back from Europe or Egypt or something like that. It's always from travelling.
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Our government... teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy.
