Benjamin Wittes Quotes

The foundations of modern civil-rights law are exceptionally secure. Conservative judges nibble around the edges sometimes, and people still debate the constitutionality of affirmative-action programs. But almost no one seriously argues about the basic meaning or legitimacy of core civil-rights protections.

Benjamin Wittes

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PeopleLawMeaningDebateSometimes

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

PositiveEncouragementMoreMuch

The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.

Anatole France

ManCuriosityVirtueGreatest

That's the beauty of creativity. It comes from the ether. I like to think, sometimes, it's like I haven't written it, it's more like I just reached up and grabbed it from somewhere. That song, 'Song of the Red Rock Mountain,' is one of them. I recorded it and thought, 'Where did that come from?'

Alvin Lee

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Life is going to happen to you no matter what weight you are, no matter how famous you are, no matter how much money you have in the bank. No one gets a free pass.

Amanda de Cadenet

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We like to think about how smart we are. But I think talent as a writer is hard-wired in, it's all there, at least the basic elements of it. You can't change it any more than you can choose whether to be right handed or left handed.

Stephen King

ChangeTalentSmartThinkChoose

There's a Norwegian equivalent to 'BBC Introducing' called 'P3 Untouched,' and I remember when they played the first song I ever wrote that I'd put online. I was 16 at that point. That was the first moment where I was like, 'Oh, maybe this is something I want to do more of.'

Sigrid

MomentSongRememberWantFirst

It's only possible to see people when one is able to see the world as others see it.

Robert Anton Wilson

PeopleWorldPossibleOthersSee

After I defended my title the first time when I beat Sarah Kaufman, I went back to my room, and my friend ordered all these trays of hot wings. They came into the room, and the little hotel sheet thing was draped over it, and I go to open it up, and it's breaded and boneless. I cried.

Ronda Rousey

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I really think the single most important thing to remember about trying to fix the schools is that there is no such thing as an instant result.

Molly Ivins

ThinkRememberTryingResultFix

That's the very essence of pork barrelism, when you give a huge lump sum to a person and say, 'Well, tell us what you want it for, but you are free to decide where to spend it on.'

Miriam Defensor-Santiago

FreeYouPersonSayWantTell

I want to break down the wall of, you know, you have to put on a jacket and tie, and you have to act a certain way, and you have to know how to order the right kind of wine. All these things have suddenly been built up around jazz and the way it's presented.

Jose James

WineYouDownWallKnowJazz

I've cut myself out... I've cut scenes out that I was in and that's when you realize that you've got to make the best movie you can.

Jon Favreau

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