Constance Baker Motley Quotes
I never thought I would live long enough to see the legal profession change to the extent it has.
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I have always loved and appreciated the Giants organization, my Giants teammates, and the fans of San Francisco.
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A leader is admired, a boss is feared.
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One of the things Kuhn said about normal science is that people 'expect' things to be discovered.
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For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God.
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Back in 1999 and 2000, a few of us... a very few of us... Douglas Clegg, Seth Godin and I... offered free electronic copies of our books in an effort to reach an audience we otherwise wouldn't have reached and to test out a new marketing concept for books. Despite the industry screaming we were crazy, it worked.
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My husband passed away a long time ago, and of course a lot of people have courted me. I've been taken to dinner and also to things like Larry Hagman, in particular years ago. And more recently, of course, little Hugh Jackman - and he's too young for me though, frankly.
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I like '50s and '60s American art. I have 85 or 90 Warhols.
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You're either with me or you're not. And if you're not, you're out.
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Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in course of ultimate extinction, or its advocates will push it forward, till it shall become alike lawful in all the States - old as well as new - North as well as South.
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I'm here because I stand on many, many shoulders, and that's true of every black person I know who has achieved.
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I'm addicted to 'Scandal.' Joe Morton is the devil, and I love him. I am addicted to 'Boardwalk Empire.' Jeffrey Wright is the devil, and I love him.
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I don't know anyone who's suffered lung cancer.
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Fiction should be about moral dilemmas that are so bloody difficult that the author doesn't know the answer.
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So whatever I might have started to learn at that age was all undone by the next director and next crew in the next cheap picture, because I was allowed to get away with murder.
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I'm vain enough to think that I've made a successful life. I've had everything I've ever wanted. You can't beat that.
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Banking gives you a glimpse into what makes companies succeed and what makes companies fail.
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Car chases are as painstaking to make as they are fun to watch. They take a lot of time, and you have to keep the energy up.
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When you're in the music business, everything is very personal, because you are invested in everything; there's a very deep, personal attachment to your music.
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It was the Cosby issue that made me realize how much I really cared about women's issues and how much I realize it's important for me to be an advocate for issues that aren't necessarily my own, to be an ally for issues.
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When people are scared, they need something done that will make them feel safe, even if it doesn't truly make them safer. Politicians naturally want to do something in response to crisis, even if that something doesn't make any sense. But unfortunately for politicians, the security measures that work are largely invisible.
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I instinctively live. I do what I do. A lot of people live off of logic rather than emotions. I just live off of emotion.
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We are bombarded with reasons to stay inside: we're afraid of mosquitoes because of West Nile and grass because of pesticides and sun because of cancer and sunscreen because of vitamin-D deficiency.
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When we use old confessions and catechisms, we help teach our people that their faith is an old faith, shared by millions over many centuries. We also help them realize that other Christians have asked the same questions.
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I never thought I would live long enough to see the legal profession change to the extent it has.
