Benjamin Wittes Quotes

President Obama's decision not to go to Congress for help in establishing reasonable standards for the continued detention of Guantanamo detainees is a failure of leadership in the project of putting American law on a sound basis for a long-term confrontation with terrorism. It is bad for the country, for national security, and for civil liberties.

Benjamin Wittes

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People feel extremely comfortable with me personally.

Jennifer Hyman

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I'm as vain as the next person, but I've made so much fun of myself over the years, and that's very salutary as you grow older.

John Lithgow

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I'm here to win. I'm here to play, and who I hang out with is my choice.

Matt Harvey

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Here we have the Schengen agreement, and the truth is that for years we trusted each other and set border controls on the outer borders of the European Union. And as was the case with the economic and monetary union, with this step, regarding the management of the Schengen area, we did not go all the way in terms of political solutions.

Angela Merkel

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I really do listen to all types of music, not only rock, but everything from good pop music - which is usually older pop music - to R&B and indie rock. I love indie rock more than a lot of the commercial stuff that you'd expect.

Amy Lee

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I've been doing a lot of yoga because it really centres me - mentally as well as physically. It's just an hour of my day that's always positive, and I always come out in a better mood.

Stella Maxwell

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Boxing's not in my blood... it just grew on me.

Sonny Bill Williams

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Women's combat sports have been on a good run in the United States. Claressa Shields won a gold medal in women's boxing at the London Olympics in 2012, when it became a medal sport. American women won medals in taekwondo and judo as well.

Mary Pilon

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The key is to vote because we need a vote to put the people in power that we want to represent us.

DJ Khaled

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What I'm definitely against is the plodding, paint-by-numbers 19th-century-style novel that's still being written today. I just don't understand why you'd read or write that in 2011.

David Shields

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I don't have life rage anymore.

Christina Ricci

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What is the real purpose behind the Tooth Fairy, the Easter Bunny and Santa Claus? They seem like greater steps toward faith and imagination, each with a payoff. Like cognitive training exercises.

Chuck Palahniuk

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