Jed S. Rakoff Quotes

If crimes are committed, they are committed by people; they are not committed by some free-floating entity. These companies and other entities don't operate on automatic pilot. There are individuals that make decisions - and some make the right decisions, and some make the wrong decisions.

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 have a theatrical temperament. I'm not interested in the middle road - maybe because everyone's on it. Rationality, reasonableness bewilder me.

Joan Didion

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There's also a sense of freedom. I was so obsessed by this problem that I was thinking about if all the time - when I woke up in the morning, when I went to sleep at night, and that went on for eight years.

Andrew Wiles

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As an actor, it was important to me to play gay characters because, growing up, it was something I never really saw done on television and in film, and I was questioning why there weren't more people like me.

Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman

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Rap has so many possibilities that need to be explored. There are different factions of rap, but some are in a rut. Rap doesn't have to be about boosting egos and grabbing your crotch and dissing women. There's a way to make political and social issues interesting and entertaining to the young rap audience.

Michael Franti

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We expect everything and are prepared for nothing.

Sophie Swetchine

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I have been writing songs since I was 9 years old, so writing has and always will be my first love and passion.

Solange Knowles

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For the first 42 years of my life, I was the guy who wouldn't be caught dead doing yoga.

Diamond Dallas Page

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All preconceptions when you laugh go out the window. Laughter kills it.

Chevy Chase

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I can't stand the slow pace of Jaipur anymore. I like staying in Mumbai, as everyone is on the move.

Ashish Sharma

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I can never tell what I'm gonna wear. I kind of just put on whatever feels right. Sometimes that's Converse and a T-shirt, sometimes it's Givenchy heels and leather pants.

Willow Smith

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Tell me a musician who's got rich off digital sales. Apple's doing pretty good though, right?

Prince

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If I wouldn't offend my religion or God, why would I want to offend an audience because in effect those people are being watched over by the same person.

Tim Conway

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