Fairly Quotes

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More than 100 people have been sent to death row who were later exonerated because they weren't guilty or fairly tried. Most criminal defendants do… — John Grisham
Nihilism in American comedy came along way before 'The Simpsons.' There was a fairly nihilistic point of view to 'Saturday Night Live,' for instance, back… — Matt Groening
I actually profoundly think the world's a better place when economics is fairly boring... The more boring the better. — Evan Davis
An Englishman will fairly drink as much As will maintain two families of Dutch. — Daniel Defoe
Nothing is more fairly distributed than common sense: no one thinks he needs more of it than he already has. — Rene Descartes
Common sense is the most fairly distributed thing in the world, for each one thinks he is so well-endowed with it that even those who… — Rene Descartes
But by showing us live coverage of every bad thing happening everywhere in the world, cable news makes life seem like it's just an endless… — Gregg Easterbrook
There is so much work to be done to treat gays and lesbians and gay and lesbian couples with the respect that they're entitled to.… — John Edwards
So even though I consider myself a fairly upbeat person, energetic and things like that, I never do very well on happiness tests. — Barbara Ehrenreich
For instance, I'm always fascinated to see whether, given the kind of fairly known and established form called popular music, whether there is some magic… — Brian Eno
We have today a fairly thorough knowledge of the early Greco-Roman period because our motivations are the same. — Arthur Erickson
God hates violence. He has ordained that all men fairly possess their property, not seize it. — Euripides
A fairly bright boy is far more intelligent and far better company than the average adult. — John B. S. Haldane
There's a small percentage of people who can act. There's a small percentage who get to do this for a living. There's a swath of… — Tom Hanks
I grew up just outside of Austin, and my upbringing was fairly rural. — Amber Heard
Yeah, I did some small parts in high school and the first year of college and then fairly soon thereafter I settled into the backstage… — Jim Henson
I think I write in a fairly self-confident manner. — Christopher Hitchens
My mission is to put France back on its feet. The priority is employment. Efforts have to be made, but those efforts must be made… — Francois Hollande
Few nations have been so poor as to have but one god. Gods were made so easily, and the raw material cost so little, that… — Robert Green Ingersoll
There's a lot of exaggerated talk about CAFTA, but it's actually a fairly routine trade agreement. Although it involves fairly small nations, they're still more… — Ernest Istook
Besides, I think that when one has been through a boarding school, especially then, you have some resistance, because it was both fine comradeship and… — Arne Jacobsen
Books constitute capital. A library book lasts as long as a house, for hundreds of years. It is not, then, an article of mere consumption… — Thomas Jefferson
What are friends? Some people are nice. Some people aren't. There are some I'm fairly close with... we talk. — Jack Kevorkian
I think by now I have made it fairly clear that I am not very happy with the word hope. I don't believe in people… — Aung San Suu Kyi
People think that if you look fairly reasonable, you can't possibly act, and as I only care about acting, I think beauty can be a… — Vivien Leigh

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