Sandra Day O'Connor Quotes

The members of the court were just delighted to have a ninth member - male or female. They were all kind and welcoming.

Sandra Day O'Connor

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: judge
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 26, 1930

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KindJustCourtWelcomingMember

I was brought up with two sisters, so I do know about a three-way dynamic. It's a complex one, because it's easy for one to get left out and the others to gang up. In my family, we were all pretty up for it, but the dynamics would constantly change.

Anna Chancellor

FamilyChangeEasyKnowOthersGang

I grew up on misogynist, devil-worshipping heavy metal music, and then it was groups like The Clash and Public Enemy that reminded me that there were a different set of ideas that could be expressed with great music.

Tom Morello

MusicGreatMeIdeasEnemyHeavy

We love to be with our family and friends and I can tell you that lots of eating will be involved.

Julia Barr

FamilyLoveEatingFriendsYouWill

Land, in England, is valuable, because we have highly-paid artisans to consume the produce on the spot.

Joseph Hume

LandBecauseValuableEnglandSpot

The first thing to know about playing baseball in Michigan is, Michigan's really cold.

Derek Jeter

BaseballColdKnowFirstPlaying

Throughout history, great leaders have known the power of humor.

Allen Klein

PowerHistoryGreatHumorLeaders

Irish is the prominent nationality in the family, but beyond that, I really don't know. I see a lot of artistic or creative influence coming through on my mother's side.

William T. Wiley

FamilyMotherCreativeInfluenceSee

Oh, I was some efficiency expert. On my first day, I couldn't find my own office in Hartford and wound up in the Post Office.

Peter Falk

DayEfficiencyFindMy OwnOffice

I've always been fascinated by Eisenstein.

Peter Greenaway

AlwaysBeenFascinated

Call it Camelot's revenge: the class of court scribes who made it their profession to uphold a make-believe version of America free of conflict and ruled by noble men helped Nixon get away with it for so long - because, after all, America was ruled by noble men.

Rick Perlstein

MenConflictFreeRevengeAmerica

That animal part of us, it's the most interesting part. It's everything that has to do with drives, with things we can't stop ourselves from doing, with all the spaces where we're unable to reason with ourselves. It has its dark side, but there's a luminous side, too, which is the fact that we're just another species of animal.

Leila Slimani

AnimalInterestingDoingDarkStop

The movies and TV shows I like to watch tend to put their characters in situations where they have to dig deeper.

Kristin Bauer van Straten

MoviesWatchDigWhereLikeDeeper

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