The inherited tradition is that we don't tell stories about slavery from the perspective of the slave. It's told through the president… — Chiwetel Ejiofor Copy Share Image
Gaining my education from practical experience certainly benefited me. If I had gone on to be a lawyer, my life wouldn't have… — Lindsay Fox Copy Share Image
I never believed in pushing my kids. My dad was very unhappy I wasn't going to be a doctor, but I couldn't… — Jerry Reinsdorf Copy Share Image
I'm sure I took some licks at the system, and at trials and lawyers in general. I've seen enough of them for… — Joseph Wambaugh Copy Share Image
Thus, dear friends, I have said it clearly enough, and I believe you ought to understand it and not make liberty a… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
You see, some lawyers have the talent, have the charisma, but no discipline. They come into court unprepared, without having done their… — Nancy Grace Copy Share Image
My castings sort of go in phases. There'll be several icy professional parts - a lawyer or a cop. And then there'll… — Laura Linney Copy Share Image
Extrapolating from the statistical growth of the legal profession, by the year 2035 every single person in the United States will be… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
I spoke to my father - my father's from Pakistan and he's also a lawyer - I said to him, "Well what… — Sadakat Kadri Copy Share Image
O' beautiful for spacious skies But now those skies are threatening They're beating plowshares into swords For this tired old man that… — Don Henley Copy Share Image
Such professions as the soldier and the lawyer ... give ample opportunity for crimes but not much for mere illusions. ... If… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
I felt, as a lawyer, when I was mentoring and working with kids, that I gained a level of groundedness that I… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
Let me tell you something, I didn't become a lawyer because I like the law, the law sucks. It's boring, but it… — Richard Fish Copy Share Image
George Clooney married Amal Alamuddin this year. Amal is a human rights lawyer who worked on the Enron case, was an advisor… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
Everybody should read fiction… I don’t think serious fiction is written for a few people. I think we live in a stupid… — Percival Everett Copy Share Image
I've heard people say that maybe we'd be better served had we lost. I was kind of wondering what profession they were… — Russ Rose Copy Share Image
In junior high, some would've seen me as a professional, a lawyer, a doctor, an engineer. Others would've seen me in jail.… — Michael Capuano Copy Share Image
Much of my work strikes me as pretty unified: as a lawyer, working in several areas, I have thought about how to… — Marvin Ammori Copy Share Image
A lawyer's performance in the courtroom is responsible for about 25 percent of the outcome; the remaining 75 percent depends on the facts. — Melvin Belli Copy Share Image
Frankly, I am shocked at the complete level of incompetence exhibited by lawyer after lawyer for Mr. Cohen and Mr. Trump. — Michael Avenatti Copy Share Image
Professional philosophers are usually only apologists: that is, they are absorbed in defending some vested illusion or some eloquent idea. Like lawyers… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
I am sorry to say that sometimes matters of very small importance waste a good deal of precious time, by the long… — William Whipple Copy Share Image
I have ne'er been in a chamber with a lawyer when I did not wish either to scream with desperation or else… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
They all laid their heads together like as many lawyers when they are gettin' ready to prove that a man's heirs ain't… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
When I finished school, everyone wanted to go to a good university and become a lawyer or a doctor. My A-levels were… — Ben Barnes Copy Share Image
Up until 35 I had a slightly skewed world view. I honestly believed everybody in the world wanted to make abstract paintings,… — Frank Stella Copy Share Image
I'd rather deal with a Mob guy shaking hands on a deal than a Hollywood lawyer, who, the minute you get the… — Albert S. Ruddy Copy Share Image
Most attorneys practice law because it gives them a grand and glorious feeling. You give them a grand - and they feel… — Milton Berle Copy Share Image
From your confessor, lawyer and doctor, hide not your case on no condition. [Is this a way of saying that honesty is… — John Harington Copy Share Image
I dared not trust the case on the presumption that the court knows everything. In fact, I argued it on the presumption… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Atticus Finch. That's who I want to be when I grow up. He's the greatest guy ever - a good dad, a… — Sean Patrick Maloney Copy Share Image
The theory of objectivism claims that there are certain things that most people in society can agree upon. A model is pretty.… — Portia de Rossi Copy Share Image
I was a lawyer for 10 years, and when you're in law, things really have to get done, or somebody sues you.… — Stephan Pastis Copy Share Image
FORMA PAUPERIS. [Latin] In the character of a poor person - a method by which a litigant without money for lawyers is… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
My uncle's a lawyer and I remember going to see him in court and thinking, 'That's cool, too bad I could never… — Lena Dunham Copy Share Image
During the integration meetings between Sun and Oracle, where we were being grilled about the patent situation between Sun and Google, we… — James Gosling Copy Share Image
“That made love—not grace—the magic ingredient. Then a new thought hit her. Perhaps love was grace. A shiver went up her spine.… — Penelope Marzec Copy Share Image
“Why may not that be the skull of a lawyer? Where be his quiddities now, his quillets, his cases, his tenures, and… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
I've always wanted to write comic books, my earliest memories are of waiting for Dad to come home from work, and, secreted… — Arvind Ethan David Copy Share Image
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