"When a juvenile commits a heinous crime, the State can exact forfeiture of some of the most basic liberties, but the State cannot extinguish his life and his potential to attain a mature understanding of his own humanity."

-- Anthony Kennedy

#Humanity Quotes #Understanding Quotes #Liberty Quotes

“A writer or any suffering artist-to-be is just an instrument too finely set to the human condition [...]”
“Stuttering is painful. In Sunday school, I'd try to read my lessons, and the children behind me were falling on the floor with laughter.”
“It's probably true that everyone has a book in them, although it may not be a very good one.”
“In some tiny, tiny way I am part of history, but I am also able to help people.”
“A lot of jobs today are being automated; what happens when you extend that concept to very important areas of society like law enforcement? What happens if you start controlling the behavior of criminals or people in general with software-running machines? Those questions, they look like they're sci-fi but they're not.”
“I believe people are in our lives for a reason. We're here to learn from each other.”

Source : Interview to US Magazine, www.gilliananderson.ws. October, 1997.
“He has systematically violated, over the course of the past 11 years, every significant UN resolution that has demanded that he disarm and destroy his chemical and biological weapons, and any nuclear capacity. This he has refused to do. He lies and cheats; he snubs the mandate and authority of international weapons inspectors; and he games the system to keep buying time against enforcement of the just and legitimate demands of the United Nations, the Security Council, the United States and our allies. Those are simply the facts.”

Source : "Letters to the Editor". thetimes-tribune.com. May 23, 2010.
“With the "old dog" stuff, maybe the term "old" is in there, but I'm 26. I'm not that old. It's mostly like, "Ah, you dirty old dog!" I'm saying it more like that. I'm still ripping. I'm ready to rip. I'll make a bunch more records and have a nice time. We'll see what happens.”

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