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- Nov 07, 2020
Law Quotes
Rules, choices, and the order behind them.
This page draws on law in a broad sense — the rigorous logic of scientific theory, the real fork in the road between law school and an acting career, and a general preference for a quiet evening over anything more dramatic. For the legal system specifically, see our Legal quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The smartest thing I did in law school: asking my future wife to go out dancing with me. The smartest thing I did when practicing law: quitting. The smartest thing I've done in writing: following my own head and writing what I wanted to write, and nothing but.
- Trouble
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's only one law you gotta follow to keep outta trouble. Do it first, do it yourself, and keep on doin' it.
- Free Society
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- Nov 07, 2020
The radicals who perpetrated the Charlie Hebdo attack were not motivated by Western imperialism but by members of a free society violating Islamic law.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
After law school, I put on my power suit and worked at a series of law firms. By the time I was at my third in six years, it dawned on me that a traditional law job wasn't for me.
- Back
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I went into a start-up in tech, I knew I could always go back to a law firm.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
The advice I give is that, tempting as it is, getting the training you can get from law firm experience is really invaluable. It teaches you not just what you know but what you don't.
- Night
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- Nov 07, 2020
I literally order sushi, watch 'Law & Order,' and go to sleep at 9 o'clock every night. I'm a grandmother.
- Practice
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- Nov 07, 2020
If nations could only depend upon fair and impartial judgments in a world court of law, they would abandon the senseless, savage practice of war.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
Surely, I must at all times attempt to obey the law of the state. But when the will of God and the will of the state conflict, I am compelled to follow the will of God.
- Health
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- Nov 07, 2020
All I'm asking for is the law that's been on the books for the last 33 years, no public funding for abortion. We are both saying the same thing, pro-life, pro-choice. Let's find the language that works for both of us so we can pass health care.
- Language
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- Nov 07, 2020
We believe the Senate language provides for federal subsidies for abortions. Plus there's a language in there where you have to pay one dollar per month, every enrollee, to pay for a fund for reproductive rights which include abortion. And that's totally against federal law. So we are saying take that out.
- Legal
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- Nov 07, 2020
At Cheney's initiative, the United States stripped terror suspects of long-established rights under domestic and international law, building a new legal edifice under exclusive White House ownership.
- Information
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- Nov 07, 2020
Companies that receive government information demands have to obey the law, but they often have room for maneuver. They scarcely ever use it.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
We know what's in our Cheerios and in our retirement accounts because the law requires disclosure.
- Everyone
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- Nov 07, 2020