Noah Feldman Quotes

We often imagine that the court serves as a sort of neutral umpire controlling the warring political branches. But this is mostly myth. The justices of the Supreme Court are themselves actors in the struggle for power, and when they intervene, they think carefully about how their decisions will affect the court's own legitimacy and authority.

Noah Feldman

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I feel compelled not to pass on a vision of bleakness, destruction or cynicism. I want to tell the truth as I see it, but I also have to believe that individuals - my kids, your kids, whoever - can do something about it, and I want to show the ways in which they can do something about it.

John Edgar Wideman

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Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty.

John Ruskin

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You've got to be who you are. You've got to be honest with people. If your views change on something, you've got to be willing to express it.

Rudy Giuliani

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I love food shows: Anthony Bourdain, Iron Chef, Chopped, you name it.

Donnie Wahlberg

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The play is on top of me all the time, and I am constantly thinking about it. Even when I leave the theatre, I'll mumble the lines to myself or think about the way the character walks or holds himself.

Donald Pleasence

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I've been on a lot of shows that I like, doing guest appearances and little things. I'm just trying to have fun with being retired.

Chuck Liddell

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I refer to calls for humanitarian intervention in the affairs of another state - a new idea, this - even when they are made under the pretext of defending human rights and freedoms.

Boris Yeltsin

NewHumanRightsHuman RightsIdea

In Missouri, where I come from, we don't talk about what we do - we just do it. If we talk about it, it's seen as bragging.

Brad Pitt

TalkJust Do ItSeenWhereBragging

You don't just go and pick up a gold medal anymore.

Anne Donovan

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African countries lose the most from tax dodging. African governments must, therefore, do more to push for a full reform of the global tax system and demand action from countries, such as the U.K., whose financial centres sit at the heart of the global network of tax havens.

Winnie Byanyima

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Time heals all wounds, unless you pick at them.

Shaun Alexander

TimeYouWoundsPickThemUnless

The Founding Fathers set up the American judiciary as a check on the excesses of the elected branches and as a refuge when those branches are corrupted or consumed by passing passions.

Sheldon Whitehouse

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