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William Ernest Hocking
"The only thing that can set aside a law as wrong is a better law, or an idea of a better law. And the only thing that an give a law the quality of better or worse is the concrete result which it promotes or fails to promote." --
Source : "Present Status of the Philosophy of Law and of Rights". Book by William Ernest Hocking. Ch. VII, Natural Right, § 35, p. 76, 1926.
William Ernest Hocking
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“For me, sexual identity and orientation is a human right, which should also be accepted by the United Nations. Of course, innovations in this area provoke contradictions, especially in a society like ours, because Cuba has so many revolutionary processes.”
“Practice like it means everything in the world to you. Â Perform like you don't give a damn.”
“Creativity runs on automatic, no matter what's happening in other parts of my life. I can't help myself. It's been in me, and it evolves in me over the years. It's a condition in me.”
“[On being told by a horse show spectator that she looked like Princess Anne:] I think I'm a bit better-looking than she is.”
“I'm not a suicidal person at all, but on paper it seems that I am. I think I'm really quite horrible to myself in many ways. You always think it's going to be fine, the body will repair itself. There will be another chance. But I'm 33 now. The body won't keep repairing itself. You know when you can flick a coin and catch it on your elbow, and flick it up and catch it on the back of your head? And then you can't even catch it with two hands any more. You realise something is wrong ...”
Source : "Pete Doherty on heroin, life in Paris and his new film". Interview with Angelique Chrisafis, www.theguardian.com. December 2, 2012.
“I started with Bobby Darin. He signed me to Capitol when I was 15. I was 14, getting ready to be 15. Then the next encounter I had was with I think Peggy Lee. I sang background with The Blossoms with Darlene Love.”
“Meatspace still has some advantages for a carbon-based girl.”
“A good trademark, whether a word mark or a symbol, is devoid of fashion or trend, which makes it potentially iconic if it's seen for long enough in the right places.”
Source : Source: www.printmag.com
