Jed S. Rakoff Quotes

If, in the name of combating terrorism, we so restrict our own freedom, have we not thereby lost part of the very battle we seek to win?

Jed S. Rakoff

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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Slovakia's joining the OECD in 1999 is totally dependent on meeting economic reforms required such as transparency and legislation that permits fair and open conduct of trade and business.

John Mica

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I wish I could set deadlines for the Congress, but that's just not the way the Constitution is written.

Robert M. Gates

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Once you feel like you're being dictated by other people's expectations, it usually backfires.

Rob Zombie

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You move to New York. You want to be the biggest, most fully realized version of yourself you can be. A lot of that is fueled by this desire to not feel small, and to make a name for myself and establish myself in a way that wasn't expected of me.

Robin Lord Taylor

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To win a joint gold medal with my brother - that's the dream, to cross the line together.

Jonathan Brownlee

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Rehearsals are set up so that you find out all the nuances about your character. You never want to beat yourself up. It's about finding the right direction, and most of the time, the right direction is not what you think is the right direction. That's why the director's there: to guide you there.

Djimon Hounsou

CharacterTimeYourselfThinkYou

I think as a species we're not designed to be able to think more than one year into the future - if that. Even trying to imagine one year from now makes most people feel like they've been given a huge boring chunk of homework that's too hard to do.

Douglas Coupland

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While your past can inform you and your future can inspire you, the moment of choice exists in the here and now.

Debbie Ford

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When you step on the field, you want to be a starter. You want to be the person everybody looks to and says, 'If we need a play to be made, let's go to him.'

Colin Kaepernick

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Salazar's record is one of weakness; he hasn't been a good attorney general.

Bob Schaffer

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If this fame, which people call my lucky break, were to stop tomorrow, I shouldn't care.

Brigitte Bardot

TomorrowPeopleCareStopLucky

I had been living with dialysis for three years or so, and the new kidney felt like a reprieve, a new gift of life. I felt alive again and I guess that has had an effect on my use of colour.

Peter Wright

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