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«I'm no idealist to believe firmly in the integrity of our courts and in the jury system -- that is no ideal to me, it is a living, working reality. Gentlemen, a court is no better than each man of you sitting before me on this jury. A court is only as sound as its jury, and a jury is only as sound as the men who make it up.»
«A man who has both feet planted firmly in the air can be safely called a liberal as opposed to the conservative, who has both feet firmly planted in his mouth»
Author: Jacques Barzun
(Educator)
| About:
Conservatism,
Liberalism
| Keywords:
Air Can, conservative, firmly, in the air, liberal, opposed, planted, safely
«Don't listen to those who say, you taking too big a chance. Michelangelo would have painted the Sistine floor, and it would surely be rubbed out by today. Most important, don't listen when the little voice of fear inside you rears its ugly head and says. they all smarter than you out there. They're more talented, they're taller, blonder, prettier, luckier, and they have connections. I firmly believe that if you follow a path that interests you, not to the exclusion of love, sensitivity, and cooperation with others, but with the strength of conviction that you can move others by your own efforts, and do not make success or failure the criteria by which you live, the chances are you'll be a person worthy of your own respects.»
Author: Neil Simon
(Playwright)
| Keywords:
blond, chances, connections, conviction, cooperation, criteria, efforts, exclusion, firmly, floor, important person, interests, luckier, Michelangelo, of your own, painted, prettier, rearing, rears, respects, rubbed, rubbing, rub up, sensitivity, smarter, talented, taller
«As long as you know what it is you desire, then by simply affirming that it is yours -- firmly and positively, with no ifs, buts, or maybes -- over and over again, from the minute you arise in the morning until the time you go to sleep at night, and as many times during the day as your work or activities permit, you will be drawn to those people, places, and events that will bring your desires to you.»
Author: Scott Reed
| Keywords:
activities, affirming, arise, firmly, go to sleep, IFS, over and over, over and over again, positively, work permit
«He who is firmly seated in authority soon learns to think security, and not progress, the highest lesson in statecraft»
«Freedom from labor itself is not new; it once belonged among the most firmly established privileges of the few. In this instance, it seems as though scientific progress and technical developments had been only taken advantage of to achieve something about which all former ages dreamed but which none had been able to realize.»
Author: Hannah Arendt
(Philosopher, Political scientist)
| Keywords:
belonged, developments, dreamed, firmly, instance, privileges, Scientific progress, technical
«Declare today ?sacred time??off-limits to everyone, unless invited by you. Take care of your personal wants and needs. Say no, graciously but firmly, to others? demands.»
Author: Oprah Winfrey
(Actress, Producer)
| Keywords:
Care of, declare, demands, firmly, graciously, invited, in demand, limits, needs, off-limits, off, personal, sacred, take care, take time off, Taking Off, time off
«Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear.»
Author: Thomas Jefferson
(Author, President)
| Keywords:
approve, blindfold, blindfolded, boldness, existence of God, firmly, fix, homage, the existence of God, tribunal, with boldness