Anthony Lewis Quotes
Even a competent lawyer may not be able to mount an adequate defense against the state, with all its resources, if he has next to nothing for investigation and effectively works for starvation wages.
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I can't change everything by myself but I can be one of the people who are trying to change the situation.
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The kindest word to describe my performance in school was Sloth.
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When you are honest and open with young people, they let you in.
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I always carry lip balm and lipstick. Lipstick is a very important beauty product because I find that lips are the most beautiful feature of anyone's face.
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You have family-owned businesses that have been around for 500 years. You cannot name a corporation that survives intact for even a few decades.
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Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.
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I love children. I just don't know if I'm ready to have kids. I feel like I have more time. Kids are cute, you know? They need a lot of help - that's the thing.
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Congress is attempting to eviscerate women's health care. Like many women across America, I am outraged.
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I think protecting your family and giving to them is so important. It's the most important achievement.
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I played violin and got into that Suzuki program in the second grade.
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Im not your biggest girly girl.
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The woman who purposely destroys her unborn child is guilty of murder. With us there is no nice enquiry as to its being formed or unformed.
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Great effort springs naturally from great attitude.
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I think I've achieved a lot in 41 years. I like how 41 feels; I feel good. I don't like how it sounds too much.
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In Finland, we learned quite a lot from our own civil war. The wounds were visible when I was a boy, but my generation went into the Second World War and it united the Finnish nation, so I do not see any more wounds.
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There is too much employer-employee relationship in America. I wish the musicians would feel that many decisions have to do with them and not delegate everything to management or to the board or to the committee. This is why you get a sense of pride in some of the European orchestras: because they are part of the decision-making.
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Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government.
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One of the reasons I love writing for middle graders, besides their voracious appetite for books, is their deep concern for fairness and morality.
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In the beginning of your mixed martial arts career, you're not making good money.
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I didn't even respect singers until I heard Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra and Louis Armstrong.
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Well, so be it. Nothing's perfect in life, so you have an election that's not quite perfect. Is it better than not having an election? You bet.
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Come back and stand with us, lad. We will all go down together—that's what makes us who we are.
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They told me that you may not come, but I knew you'd come.
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Even a competent lawyer may not be able to mount an adequate defense against the state, with all its resources, if he has next to nothing for investigation and effectively works for starvation wages.
