Patrick Leahy Quotes

It is common sense that in our immigration courts, where children fleeing devastating violence abroad often find themselves, kids need lawyers to advocate on their behalf. After all, lawyers go to school for years to understand the nuances of our legal system.

Patrick Leahy

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ChildrenSchoolLegalCommon Sense

I don't come down on any simple place as a deletionist or a completionist.

Jimmy Wales

SimpleDownPlaceComeAny

Emerson is the spokesman and prophet of youth and of a formative, idealistic age. His is a voice from the heights which are ever bathed in the sunshine of the spirit. I find that something one gets from Emerson in early life does not leave him when he grows old.

John Burroughs

LifeAgeSunshineYouthVoiceEarly

If mathematics is to be understood widely, we need to emphasise its elegance and its applications. Sometimes it seems that universities want to emphasise how difficult it is!

Johnny Ball

MathematicsEleganceSometimesWant

The theatre at my school was awesome. It was a 1,400-seat auditorium, so, being in that auditorium at 17, and having, like, 1,400 people cheer for you was, like, one of the most amazing feelings that I've ever felt, energy-wise. It just felt right.

Rutina Wesley

SchoolPeopleAmazingTheatreYou

The fate of Syria hangs in the balance, but it is entirely possible that the fall of the Assad regime will result in anarchy and cause Syria to turn into a second Afghanistan, a base for anti-Israel terrorism.

Martin Van Creveld

BalanceFateResultFallPossible

I never think about my style but just try and make the pictures look believable.

Lucian Freud

StyleThinkLookPicturesTryNever

Music is just air moving around.

Moby

MusicMovingAirJustAround

I have drawn my whole life. My parents were in the tapestry restoration business, and as a young girl, I would draw in the missing parts of the tapestry that needed to be rewoven.

Louise Bourgeois

LifeBusinessGirlParentsYoung

You are never so alone as when you are ill on stage. The most nightmarish feeling in the world is suddenly to feel like throwing up in front of four thousand people.

Judy Garland

AlonePeopleWorldFeelYouFeeling

To be able to know that I can push myself a little further than you think you can was so important. And that it's a mental barrier more than anything. You can break through it.

Jason Day

MyselfThinkPushYouI CanKnow

Every role varies greatly, just as emotions vary greatly.

Corin Nemec

EmotionsRoleJustEveryGreatly

It starts with you in your own community. Just being kind to one another, being supportive of one another, and being loving and respectful. I can't tell you how far that will get you in life, just being able to do that.

Ally Brooke

LifeCommunityYouLovingKindWill

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