Antonin Scalia Quotes

What secret knowledge, one must wonder, is breathed into lawyers when they become Justices of this Court that enables them to discern that a practice which the text of the Constitution does not clearly proscribe, and which our people have regarded as constitutional for 200 years, is in fact unconstitutional?

Antonin Scalia

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Author Biography

  • Author Profession: judge
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 11, 1936

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The most horrifying thing I ever did was work as a steward on an airplane. I wanted to get hired by United. I thought, 'With my languages, this will be amazing; I will work in First Class.' But I could only get a job with an airline going from Newark, New Jersey to Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

John Grant

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I watch my YouTube videos over and over.

Meek Mill

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I think most people struggle over a matter of years to find a satisfying way to live.

Meg Rosoff

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There is less difference than you would imagine entertaining little children and entertaining adults.

John Lithgow

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I haven't seen 'The Revenant,' but I'm sure it was great because it has a lot of talent involved.

Robert Redford

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I used to deal with high-profile criminal cases that were covered extensively in the media, and one of the things I quickly appreciated was there was a gulf between what really took place in the middle of a case, the impact on victims, the effect on the police and how they solved crimes, and the way it was reported.

Robert Rinder

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Anybody who's away from what's normal is just kind of pushed aside as, 'Oh, he's crazy.' But in reality, this world is crazy. It's just chaos everywhere. It's really hard to be part of this world, because it's very possessed. And very egocentric.

Troy Polamalu

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I am a huge Leonard Cohen person.

Michelle Williams

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There is no common ground between us and Iran.

Mohammad bin Salman

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It takes a great man to give sound advice tactfully, but a greater to accept it graciously.

Logan Pearsall Smith

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I actually sat down and started three Alexanders at the same time. Two of them went in the trash and got stomped on because I hated the idea so much. And the one I came up with, I got very excited by. And that's 'Alexander, Who's Trying His Best to Be the Best Boy Ever'.

Judith Viorst

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In order to describe a particular subculture, you might want to portray people who are typical or representative of that subculture; but to dramatize it, to make it an interesting setting for a story, you want to bring someone anomalous into that setting, to see how she conforms to it, and it to her.

Jonathan Dee

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