"If that were a winning argument, Donald Trump could get anybody off the bench on his cases by just something deeply offensive based on their background."

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Source : "What Would Brandeis Do?". "Amicus" with Dahlia Lithwick, www.slate.com. June 16, 2016.

Deborah Rhode

#Winning Quotes #Benches Quotes #Argument Quotes

“I believe that all wisdom consists in caring immensely for a few right things, and not caring a straw about the rest.”

Source : John Buchan (2016). “The Complete Works of John Buchan (Unabridged): Thriller Classics, Spy Novels, Supernatural Tales, Short Stories, Poetry, Historical Works, The Great War Writings, Essays, Biographies & Memoirs – All in One Volume”, p.1830, e-artnow
“We are adhering to life now with our last muscle - the heart.”

Source : Djuna Barnes (2014). “Nightwood”, p.38, Faber & Faber
“If you think I wear the cloak of filth, then let me tell you baby, I wear it real good.”
“In Massachusetts, where properly qualified 'persons' were allowed to practice law, the Supreme Court decided that a woman was not a 'person,' and a special act of the legislature had to be passed before Miss Lelia Robinson could be admitted to the bar. But today women are lawyers.”

Source : "The Progress of Fifty Years". Speech at the Congress of Women at the Woman's Building of the World's Columbian Exposition (World's Fair), Chicago, Illinois, 1893.
“I think that it's really, really funny to see adult themes in a genre that's usually directed towards children.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Leonardo's Mona Lisa sure would have lost out if he had spent only 2 of the 4 or 5 years he took to complete it. It is thinking about him and Ryder, among others, that partly makes me feel so awful to send away a 'half-baked' painting.”
“You take the risk of being rejected. If you have pretentions to be an artist of any kind, you have to take the risk of people rejecting you and thinking you're an arsehole.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Why should I practice running slow? I already know how to run slow. I want to learn to run fast.”

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