"Law makes long spokes of the short stakes of men."

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Source : "Legal Fiction" l. 1 (1935)

William Empson

#Men Quotes #Law Quotes #Long Quotes

“I like the man, who faces what he must, with steps triumphant and a heart of cheer; who fights the daily battle without fear.”

Source : Sarah Knowles Bolton (1923). “Sarah K. Bolton: Pages from an Intimate Autobiography”
“There is an odd synchronicity in the way parallel lives veer to touch one another, change direction, and then come close again and again until they connect and hold for whatever it was that fate intended to happen.”

Source : Ann Rule (2013). “A Rose For Her Grave: And Other True Cases”, p.84, Planet Ann Rule, LLC
“There is a way that a younger person can accept the inevitable problem that they're going to die, whereas somebody a little bit older might be overcome.”
“Autobiography is a genre notorious for falsehood.”

Source : "How My Mind Writes Poems" by Robert Pinsky, bigthink.com.
“We've got fuel prices coming down and good travel numbers coming out, so it's not surprising airline stocks are going up.”
“In fashion, itâ€™s always better to be an interesting person than a beautiful one. Character is much more fascinating than pure good looks.”
“I loved the Cure and Bauhaus and the Smiths. The people in my town weren't privy to that kind of music and I got abused. I discovered the microphone to get out some of that angst.”
“It's crucial to choose your work place - some places lend themselves to you and others don't.”

Source : "The Other Face of Silence". Interview with Nathalie Handal, www.guernicamag.com. May 1, 2011.

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