Jed S. Rakoff Quotes

I've never been impressed with bureaucratic tradition. I don't like it when the parties come to me and say, 'This is the way that it's always done, judge.' I never found anything in the oath I took or the statutes I was asked to look at that said, 'Judge, stop thinking, because this is the way it was done before.'

Jed S. Rakoff

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: judge
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 1, 1943

Topics

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I think the idea that death is not the end, that your dog's just gone to live on the farm, is limiting. Thoughts like that prevent you from making the most of the time that you have.

Jimmy Carr

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I wish I had the voice of Homer to sing of rectal carcinoma.

John B. S. Haldane

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I don't think that artificial intelligence means doomsday, and I think many new jobs will be created, too. However, it is becoming increasingly unlikely that these new types of jobs will favor low-income demographics. We need to address the needs of those who will be left out of the new job market.

Jens Martin Skibsted

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One of the great problems with Americans is that - being a decent people - they assume that everyone else is equally decent.

Meir Kahane

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I'm not writing non-fiction. I don't feel anything about me as a kid was unique. Except that I had more interest in being alone and using my imagination.

John Irving

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I was discovered in Paris when I was there on a school trip at the age of 13. After that, my mom came in contact with Elite Amsterdam; then I started modeling.

Maud Welzen

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Occasionally, if I'm in a rut, I find changing location helps.

Matt Mullenweg

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I'll always be a Brit abroad, and I love London so much, but New York is my home.

Simon Spurr

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You'd be surprised how cold you get in the water, especially surfing a place like Pipeline. If the tradewinds are blowing, it gets chilly and sometimes you don't catch a wave for an hour.

Rob Machado

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The Tony Stark I grew up with wasn't as snappy and as quippy as Downey Jr. made him, but now I only think of his performance.

Rob Liefeld

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I always wanted to be an explorer, but - it seemed I was doomed to be nothing more than a very silly person.

Michael Palin

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In the Netherlands - where I come from - you actually never see a pig, which is really strange, because, in a population of 16 million people, we have 12 million pigs. And well, of course, the Dutch can't eat all these pigs. They eat about one-third, and the rest is exported to all kinds of countries in Europe and the rest of the world.

Christien Meindertsma

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