Louis D. Brandeis Quotes
The world presents enough problems if you believe it to be a world of law and order; do not add to them by believing it to be a world of miracles.
Quotes to Explore
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My brothers and I would sit out on the park bench and harmonize.
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When I was growing up, I loved stories in which a girl sets out on a quest to rescue the prince instead of the other way around.
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My brothers and I love playing outside and climbing trees. We really love sports, too - I think football's probably my favorite.
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When I was 13 or 14, my mother used to gift me books that I was dying to read. Those are my most memorable birthday gifts.
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No, I worked a lot for European television, doing documentaries in Brazil.
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Fear may very well be a caveman fear of the predator, of the giant lizard chasing them - maybe that's what Steven Spielberg connects with so well in Lost World.
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It's really a misconception to identify the writer with the main character, given that the author creates all the characters in the book. In certain ways, I'm every character.
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Censorship is never over for those who have experienced it. It is a brand on the imagination that affects the individual who has suffered it, forever.
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I'm a serious eater and a seriously hungry person, so I set out on that path to figure it out for myself, and of course it really resonated with other people.
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The nearest approach I have ever seen to the symmetry of ancient sculpture was among the Arab tribes of Ethiopia. Our Saxon race can supply the athlete, but not the Apollo.
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I'm like all parents who try to shelter their children.
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I love Shakira - she is such a beautiful person. She does so many good things for the world on top of making good music. And she is an awesome mom. When you are Latina, it is all about family, and to see that she prioritizes family and her career at the same time is really nice.
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The fixed stars signify the angel in man. That is why man orients himself by them; and that is why women have no appreciation for the starry sky; because they have no sense of the angel in man.
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In a minimal interior, what you don't do is as important as what you do.
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It's very flattering when you look into the crowd and people have made an effort and dressed in your style.
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I love girl power.
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The dirtiest book of all is the expurgated book.
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When one jumps over the edge, one is bound to land somewhere.
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Our culture is like a garment that does not fit us, or in any case no longer fits us. This culture is like a dead language that no longer has anything in common with the language of the street. It is increasingly alien to our lives.
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Instead of buying into the global agenda, which is using food as just industrial stuff, we would say we view food as biological, a living thing, that belongs in smaller communities.
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I'm a right pain in the hole for my agent. I won't take certain parts if I think they're offensive or banal. For instance, I won't do a film if I think it's full of violence for violence's sake, or a television drama if I don't think it's intelligent writing.
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If you ask people in England where does Tom Wright sit on the theological spectrum, they say, "Well he's an evangelical of course," as though, come on, get used to it.
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I'm not in charge of judgments in Iran. The judicial system in Iran is an independent body of its own, and it follows the laws, and it must operate according to the law.
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The world presents enough problems if you believe it to be a world of law and order; do not add to them by believing it to be a world of miracles.
