"I got the chance to argue my first case in Supreme Court, a criminal case arising in Alabama that involved the right of a defendant to counsel at a critical stage in a capital case before a trial."

-- Constance Baker Motley

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“You will come to know that what appears today to be a sacrifice will prove instead to be the greatest investment that you will ever make.”
“The power of prayer is still the greatest ever known in this endless eternal universe.-The Watcher in The Avengers #14”
“I am a Jew: Hath not a Jew eyes? hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions? fed with die same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject to the same diseases, healed by the same means, warmed and cooled by the same winter and summer, as a Christian is?”
“I always hated to throw a guy out of a game but sometimes it was necessary to keep order.”
“Authentic Christians are persons who stand apart from others. Their character seems deeper, their ideas fresher, their spirit softer, their courage greater, their leadership stronger, their concerns wider, their compassion more genuine and their convictions more concrete.”
“There's an elitism that comes out with the entertainment industry. I'll talk about some shows, but I'm not gonna say that you're dumb for watching one over the other. I just let it go. I don't have to declare a fatwa on any of these things. I've gotten over some of my elitism.”
“The triumph of vegetation is total.”
“Hate will keep you alive where love fails”

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