Anne-Marie Slaughter Quotes
When I used to teach civil procedure as a law professor, I would begin the year by telling my students that 'civil procedure is the etiquette of ritualized battle.' The phrase, which did not originate with me, captured the point that peaceful, developed societies resolve disputes by law rather than by force.
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Daniel was a wonderful and trustworthy partner. And a fine prankster as well.
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I'm awful with directions, and I'm not very handy around the house.
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I love being a part of country music. I love going out and... doing things for the first time for country music. I always enjoy that.
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Kindness in women, not their beauteous looks, shall win my love.
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I was initially very interested in public policy, but then after my masters at Harvard, I felt that it was important to get a better handle on the economics of it as well. I did my Ph.D. in macroeconomics, and my thesis - 'Why Is It That Some Countries Save And Others Not?' - was on savings.
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I really try at least to come back and answer the question as to whether that was really the best way to do that and was I really thinking straight and how did my opponents behave and how did the judges behave was needed.
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The United Nations system is still the best instrument for making the world less fragile.
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Books on horse racing subjects have never done well, and I am told that publishers had come to think of them as the literary version of box office poison.
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Management did not emanate from nature. Management is not a tree: it's a television set. Somebody invented it. It doesn't mean it's going to work forever. Management is great. Traditional notions of management are great if you want compliance. But if you want engagement, self-direction works better.
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I don't have contempt for Tiger Woods.
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I really don't know the secret to it, but I'd like to think my desirability is a combination of my personality, my image, and, most importantly, the kind of films I do.
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I would love to go back and help rebuild that country and help - you know, kind of like what's going on with Iraq right now. You know, they've got a new government in place. They're trying to rebuild the country. I would love for that to happen in Cuba also.
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Now while the German money is over for Hollywood, I still have $80 million to make movies, and we will have two things coming up: less major movies and the price for actors will go down.
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At the end of OK Computer we were playing big, big arenas and it wasn't right. You can do those things occasionally but at the time it didn't feel right.
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When we think about the past, we think, 'It must have been so boring.' It's actually not.
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I feel enough distance from the person I used to be. I'm not ashamed about my life anymore, because I've learnt from it.
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You just put yourself into your work, and you can do anything you want, depending on how hard you want to work for it.
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I do a lot of yoga, and that definitely helps. And Pilates is so good for your legs.
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Without sounding overly pompous about it, I don't really trust certainty in anything, actually. Especially as I get older. Except love. I'm certain of love, I guess.
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Some weird blue sh*t that someone gave me during our 1992 Australian tour. I didn't eat it.
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I have mad luck. I'm super-good at games like backgammon or anything that requires rolling dice.
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The tomb sits on a large marble platform, called a plinth. At each corner of this platform is a minaret (a tall, narrow tower from which a Muslim calls the devout to prayer). It is this building which is called the Taj Mahal, although the name often refers to the whole complex.
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Everyone agrees the celibacy rule is just a Church law dating from the 11th century, not a divine command.
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When I used to teach civil procedure as a law professor, I would begin the year by telling my students that 'civil procedure is the etiquette of ritualized battle.' The phrase, which did not originate with me, captured the point that peaceful, developed societies resolve disputes by law rather than by force.
