Elena Kagan Quotes
I love Justice Marshall. He did an enormous amount for me. But if you confirm me to this position, you will get Justice Kagan. You won't get Justice Marshall, and that's an important thing.
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If you look at the scientists who really make a difference, they think boldly. They're not afraid to question what they see.
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So long as you create laws that define women as victims, as creatures that demand protection, that need bodyguards, you are going to perpetuate the very worst of our sexist past.
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I've never actually directed anything I haven't made up. I've never adapted anything.
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I now announce myself as candidate for the Presidency. I anticipate criticism; but however unfavorable I trust that my sincerity will not be called into question.
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Shakespeare's villains are fabulous because none of them know that they are villains. Well, sometimes they do.
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I am healthy and happy.
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I've never dreamed of a story idea. I have such boring dreams.
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There are hundreds of millions of gun owners in this country, and not one of them will have an accident today. The only misuse of guns comes in environments where there are drugs, alcohol, bad parents, and undisciplined children. Period.
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Language as a communication tool is the primary element from which literature is created. Even in pre-literate societies, it exists as songs, riddles, or epics that are chanted.
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I was raised speaking English and Spanish. And I also speak Danish. And I can get by in French and Italian. I've acted in Spanish and English, but when something has to do with emotions, sometimes I feel I can get to the heart of the matter better in Spanish.
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There are so many ebbs and flows in life, but when you're raising small children, your family means everything.
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Ether is the token of the Ethereum network, which is focused on disrupting contract law.
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Music is not a work for me - it's a form of meditation, and you don't need to work hard for it.
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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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If my wife was to say, 'Honey, I'd like you to go to PSG', I would have to take it into account.
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I'm at the age most people are sending their kids off to college.
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One of my first favorite records was the debut Garbage album, which I heard when I was very young. Shirley Manson is a great female vocalist and performer and I admire her for that.
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Only buy clothes that you plan to keep forever. It's important to see trends for what they are: a game.
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It is the best feeling in the world to have a close game come down to just a couple of plays and you are able to do it.
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For the Fall of the year is more than three months bounded by an equinox and a solstice. It is a summing up without the finality of year's end.
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I love 'Homeland.' I think it's such a well-done, well-acted TV show.
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Everyone always told me that I had the symptoms of a P.O.W.
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When a belief becomes more than an instrument, you are lost. You remain lost until you learn what 'belief' is really for.
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I love Justice Marshall. He did an enormous amount for me. But if you confirm me to this position, you will get Justice Kagan. You won't get Justice Marshall, and that's an important thing.
