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Musical innovation is full of danger to the State, for when modes of music change, the laws of the State always change… — Plato Copy Share Image
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All the judges are lawyers; they interpret and enforce our laws. There is no separation of powers where the lawyers are concerned.… — Fred Rodell Copy Share Image
I don't think you can make a lawyer honest by an act of legislature. You've got to work on his conscience. And… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
I was always curious about the anxiety a person would feel when you open your mouth and you have an accent. You… — Dinaw Mengestu Copy Share Image
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Some people think about sex all the time; some people think of sex some of the time; and some people never think… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Patreon is here to give control back to artists so it doesn't need to be a hard conversation when a kid tells… — Jack Conte Copy Share Image
Law is an imperfect profession in which success can rarely be achieved without some sacrifice of principle. Thus all practicing lawyers --… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
If a close examination of the evidences of Christianity may be expected of one class of men more than another, it would… — Simon Greenleaf Copy Share Image
I have been shaped by the experiences of the people who are closest to me, by the things I've learned from [my… — Samuel Alito Copy Share Image
To finish first you have to first finish. Don't get in a position where you go back to go. What's interesting is… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, my mother would always say, 'It will go on your permanent record.' There was no 'permanent record.'… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
I was spending too much time thinking about how I was doing, if I was learning everything I was supposed to be… — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
Dean had just come from seeing his lawyer. That was the first time that I found out that he had consulted a… — Fred F. Fielding Copy Share Image
I try and get to know women who are not from my line of work. I want to know a lawyer, someone… — Harshvardhan Kapoor Copy Share Image
I wanted to become a lawyer because I saw Kelly McGillis on 'The Accused.' 'Grey's Anatomy,' 'L.A. Law,' 'Ally McBeal' - all… — Reshma Saujani Copy Share Image
I want our legal system to work better. I want it to be streamlined, I want it to be clearer. I don’t… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
It is cheaper to pay mathematicians and computer scientists to design algorithms that will eliminate webspamming, rather than to pay lawyers to… — Jennifer Tour Chayes Copy Share Image
Certainly Tunisia was the first in Muslim world. It's been like that for a long time and women play an important part… — Bernard Lewis Copy Share Image
In [Philip] Howard's view, our reliance on law, lawyers, and lawsuits has turned Americans into fat, neurotic cowards who 'go through the… — Dahlia Lithwick Copy Share Image
Lawyers are like professional wrestlers. They pretend to get mad and fight, but then they socialize after a trial is over. — Robert Whitlow Copy Share Image
As a lawyer who has dealt in defamation, I know that someone's reputation has to be lowered in the eyes of right-thinking… — David Hunt Copy Share Image
All the lawyers and the business stuff is work, but actually creating stuff isn't work. It's good effort. It's hard work. But,… — David Copperfield Copy Share Image
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It is a different genre - a show about something other than doctors, lawyers and cops. Teachers are something completely different. I… — Chi McBride Copy Share Image
No other profession is subject to the public contempt and derision that sometimes befalls lawyers. the bitter fruit of public incomprehension of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
New York state ethics rules prohibit lawyers from soliciting gifts from clients 'for the benefit of the lawyer or a person related… — Bill Dedman Copy Share Image
Anyone ever tell you you should be a lawyer? (Otto) Only Bill when we argue. Besides, I like killing bloodsuckers too much… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
I peeled off La Brea and went home and instantly made a reservation to come back to New York. Essentially, I fired… — Steven Shainberg Copy Share Image
I don't judge the character at all. It's a bit like being someone's defense lawyer - you have to believe in their… — Rachel Weisz Copy Share Image
The challenge of our generation, whether it's young lawyers, young investment bankers, is to make capitalism work for people not just around… — Kabir Sehgal Copy Share Image
Thirty, 40 years ago, more than that now, even, the cook was certainly at the bottom of the social scale. And any… — Jacques Pepin Copy Share Image
This bill would allow an employee to bring a claim against an employer decades after the alleged initial act of discrimination occurred.… — Buck McKeon Copy Share Image
Being a lawyer, even in a city as large as Chicago, is like being a citizen of a small town. I love… — Scott Turow Copy Share Image
I think, certainly, in history, if you look back, a lot of people would go through their careers, build a business, or… — Dana Perino Copy Share Image
Every culture feels like their parents are the most stringent as far as, "We came to this country to work hard, we… — Ato Essandoh Copy Share Image
I noticed one thing. According to the ABA statistics, only 3.5 percent of lawyers in America in 2000 were Hispanic, yet they… — Jeff Sessions Copy Share Image
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