"Dissents are appeals to the brooding spirit of the law, to the intelligence of another day."

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Source : "Keeping Politics out of the Court". The New York Times, December 09, 1984.

Charles Evans Hughes

#Law Quotes #Another Day Quotes #Spirit Quotes

“The strong is not the one who is physically powerful, but indeed, the one who controls himself when angry.”
“I believe in intelligence, and I believe also that there are inherited differences in intellectual ability, but I do not believe that intelligence is a simple scalar endowment that can be quanitified by attaching a single figure to itâ€”an I.Q. or the like.”

Source : Peter Brian Medawar (1981). “Advice to a young scientist”
“There are some of us who can live without wild things, and some who cannot.Â For us of the minority, the opportunity to see geese or wild flowers is a right as inalienable as free speech.”
“Men are indeed to be taught that the favour of God is offered, without exception, to all who ask it; but since those only begin to ask whom heaven by grace inspires, even this minute portion of praise must not be withheld from Him. It is the privilege of the elect to be regenerated by the Spirit of God, and then placed under His guidance and government.”
“Henman and Coria have met three times in the past and they've won one apiece.”
“Now, as I move through my fifties, I can be professional and domestic, creative and intellectual, patient and urgent. I have learned that we should never settle for someone else's definition of who we can be. Growing to this age, I realize, is kind of like feeling your voice deepen. It's still your voice, but it has more substance, and it sounds like it knows its own origins.”
“Operate from a place of love, be kind, and be yourself.”
“I just think to be a manager you've got to live and breathe and have this incredible enthusiasm for football, the whole thing. And while I love the game, and it's been a large part of my life, it's not the only thing in my life.”

Source : "Gary Lineker: 'After football, you have to make yourself interesting'". Interview with Decca Aitkenhead, www.theguardian.com. March 13, 2011.

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