Quotes
Authors
Edward Jenks

"Legal business has, from the beginning of time, been profitable - to those who have conducted it; because it is concerned with things that touch men's passions very deeply, and because men are willing to pay, and pay highly, for wisdom and skill in the conduct of it. The real merits of the Norman lawyers were, not altruism, but ability, energy, and enthusiasm for their work."

Source : Edward Jenks (1922). “A Short History of English Law: From the Earliest Times to the End of the Year 1919”

Edward Jenks

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“I love originating shows and originating songs - there is nothing better than being the first one to get to do a song.”
“I know a lot of great musicians that don't know they're even great, because mangers try and make them feel belittled like they're not worth a crap.”

Source : "Exclusive Interview: Jim “Dandy” Mangrum Southern Rock Pioneer with Black Oak Arkansas". Interview with Ray Shasho, www.classicrockhereandnow.com. December 5, 2012.
“The Church and the world have a great need of eucharistic worship. Jesus waits for us in this sacrament of love. Let us be generous with our time in going to meet Him in adoration and in contemplation that is full of faith and ready to make reparation for the great faults and crimes of the world. May our adoration never cease”
“My daughter is a redneck woman, she's a redneck girl.”
“I imagine you come across a number of people who are disconcerted by the difference between what you do feel and what they fancy you ought to feel. It is fatal to pay the smallest attention to them.”
“That nervous energy that makes people like you and I want and go after everything in the world - bump our heads on all the hard walls and scratch our hands on all the briars - but it makes living great - doesn't it - I'm glad I want everything in the world - good and bad - bitter and sweet - I want it all and a lot of it too”
“Authors we are in danger of accepting as gospel, whereas founders of discursivity provide permeable ideas that we can elaborate upon in a tradition of constructive dialogue.”
“I'm not a very organized person.”

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