Bernhard Schlink Quotes

What I really like about law is that it's not an endless discourse like history or philosophy. In law, there comes a point where problems have to be solved, and cases decided.

Bernhard Schlink

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: german
  • Birth: July 6, 1944

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Being proud and being nationalistic are, for me, completely different things.

Jean Reno

MeProudThingsBeingDifferent

All over the land are vast and handsome pastures, with good grass for cattle, and it strikes me the soil would be very fertile were the country inhabited and improved by reasonable people.

Alvar N. C. de Vaca

GoodPeopleMeHandsomeCountry

Threescore years and ten is enough; if a man can't suffer all the misery he wants in that time, he must be numb.

Josh Billings

TimeManEnoughYearsSufferNumb

Nothing was easy for us coming up. But we were rich in family.

Johnny Van Zant

FamilyRichEasyNothingComingUp

Women as mothers grapple with corresponding contradictions. The adoration they feel for their grown daughters, mixed with the sense of responsibility for their well-being, can be overwhelming, matched only by the hurt they feel when their attempts to help or just stay connected are rebuffed or even excoriated as criticism or devilish interference.

Deborah Tannen

WomenResponsibilityHurtCriticism

In democracy - and the good thing about democracy, big change does not happen quickly, and you need a buy-in and a convincing, a selling, an arm-twisting to get big change. And that takes time.

Bruce Rauner

ChangeGoodTimeDemocracyYouNeed

I'm still the same person I've always been.

Britney Spears

PersonSameAlwaysBeenStill

I'm super active, so sitting on the couch and staring at the walls isn't ideal for me.

Ali Krieger

WallsMeSittingActiveStaring

The power of a close-up can be extraordinary, but you have to have actors who are able to reveal themselves.

Phyllida Lloyd

PowerYouExtraordinaryClose-UpWho

This life that has been given to us as a gift, as such a precious gift. To really try to understand it, really try to recognize it, is the greatest meditation. Through the media of this Knowledge we can tap into our inner sources that are so beautiful.

Prem Rawat

LifeKnowledgeBeautifulGiftMedia

But they are not going to take on Big Oil because Big Oil is very generous at campaign time, and this is all about the elections. They want to pretend that they are doing something meaningful.

Peter DeFazio

TimeDoingWantOilMeaningfulBig

Your employer is the last person you should want to provide for your healthcare, from a privacy, financial, and value standpoint. Employees with families should get the family, meaning spouses and children, off the company plan. In most cases, that will save them money.

Paul Zane Pilzer

FamilyChildrenMoneyValuePlan

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