Quotes
Authors
David B. Rivkin

"There are a few instances that arise in the unique context of domestic equal-protection challenges to governmental actions that are facially neutral but produce substantial discriminatory impacts on groups of people, based on such suspect classifications as race, nationality, ethnic origin, etc. This doctrine has never been used in foreign affairs."

Source : "Is President Trump’s executive order constitutional?" by David B. Rivkin Jr., Karen Tumlin and James Downie, davidbrivkin.com. February 6, 2017.

David B. Rivkin

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“Never trust a woman who will not lie about her age after thirty. She is unwomanly and unhuman and there is no knowing what crimes she will commit.”
“Every concert pianist knows that the surest way to ruin a performance is to be aware of what the fingers are doing. Every dancer and acrobat knows enough to let the mind go, let the body run itself. Every driver of a manual vehicle arrives at destinations with no recollection of the stops and turns and roads traveled in getting there. You are all sleepwalkers, whether climbing creative peaks or slogging through some mundane routine for the thousandth time. You are all sleepwalkers.”

Source : Peter Watts (2006). “Blindsight”, p.302, Macmillan
“Routine, in an intelligent man, is a sign of ambition.”
“Often, I visualize a quicker, like almost a ghost runner, ahead of me with a quicker stride.”
“Engineering is too important to wait for science.”
“I do know that there have been many Native people - I don't like to call them "Native Americans," I guess, definitely not "Indians" - I've seen and read a lot about there's a big number of Natives that don't mind the Redskins name and they actually embrace it. Although there are a number of groups as well that are opposed to it.”
“Old habits are strong and jealous.”

Source : Dorothea Brande (2016). “Becoming a Writer”, p.26, Lulu.com
“The colors and creativity of our painters attracted me, but I remember that I was shocked by the lack of proportion.”

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