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• Ritual murder is referred to in court files which are located in Rome. There are pictures in it which show that in 23 cases, the Church itself has dealt with the question.

  Julius Streicher

  Rome, Church, Murder

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• In almost all cases now the police are as much an enemy as the others.

  Tom Metzger

  Police, Enemy

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• In many cases the user interface to a program is the most important part for a commercial company: whether the programs works correctly or not seems to be secondary.

  Linus Torvalds

  Important, Economy, Program

  "Linux's Linus Torvalds Interview". Interview with Hiroo Yamagata, www.drdobbs.com. January 1, 2002.

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• The function of muscle is to pull and not to push, except in the case of the genitals and the tongue.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Cynical, Body, Tongue

  Dell' Anatomia Vol. 1, Ch. III

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• The experience of God, or in any case the possibility of experiencing God, is innate.

  Alice Walker

  God, Experience, Possibility

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• A case of can't do with, can't do without, that's why I married him again.

  Dionne Warwick

  Married

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• I had the story, bit by bit, from various people, and, as generally happens in such cases, each time it was a different story.

  Edith Wharton

  People, Different, Stories

  Edith Wharton, Barbara Anne White (1995). “Wharton's New England: Seven Stories and Ethan Frome”, p.99, UPNE

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• One can cite cases of Negroes who opposed emancipation and denounced the abolitionists.

  Carter G. Woodson

  Citing, Abolitionist, Emancipation

  Carter G. Woodson (2006). “The Mis-Education of the Negro”, p.102, Book Tree

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• It is difficulties that show what men are. For the future, in case of any difficulty, remember that God, like a gymnastic trainer, has pitted you against a rough antagonist. For what end? That you may be an Olympic conqueror; and this cannot be without toil.

  Epictetus

  Inspirational, Men, Religion

  "Epictetus: Discourses and Enchiridion".

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• Life is painful, nasty and short.. in my case it has only been painful and nasty.

  Djuna Barnes

  Funny, Life Is Short, Bad Day

  Djuna Barnes, Phillip F. Herring, Osias Stutman (2005). “Collected Poems: With Notes Toward the Memoirs”, p.285, Univ of Wisconsin Press

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• In religion and politics, people's belief's and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second hand, and without examination

  Mark Twain

  Religious, Believe, Second Chance

  Autobiography ch. 78 (1959)

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• I never forget a face, but in your case I'll make an exception.

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny, Sarcastic, Witty

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• To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten to tout for flattery.

  John Churton Collins

  Advice, Nine, Flattery

  In L. C. Collins Life of John Churton Collins (1912) p. 316

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• And obviously, when I started out, I had a little bit more curiosity than some, and went seeking out the original artists, or in some cases searching up country music.

  Elvis Costello

  Country, Artist, Curiosity

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• Since the Puffy Combs case in New York, I will not try any more criminal cases

  Johnnie Cochran

  New York, Trying, Criminals

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• To the extent that the judicial profession becomes the daily routine of deciding cases on the most secure precedents and the narrowest grounds available, the judicial mind atrophies and its perspective shrinks.

  Irving Kaufman

  History, Perspective, Mind

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• Cagey trial lawyers have figured out there's a pretty good likelihood their case - no matter what its merit - will literally get its day in court because of favorable judges.

  Dennis Hastert

  Good Day, Feet, Judging

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• Obviously, the most memorable has a lot to do with the time spent on the matter, and the Westerfield and Peterson cases are up at the top of the list.

  Catherine Crier

  Memorable, Matter, Lists

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• After so many cases of terror attacks related to Islamic militancy remaining unresolved in the last few years, the government has no moral authority to stay in power.

  Sheikh Hasina

  Islamic, Terror Attacks, Government

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• The second stage set in ten or fifteen days after the bombing. The main symptom was falling hair. Diarrhoea and fever, which in some cases went as high as 106, came next.

  John Hersey

  Falling In Love, Hair, Fever

  "Hiroshima".

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• The investigations also proved that there were many cases of spontaneous deviation, i.e. cases where there had been no stimulation of the semi-circular canal apparatus.

  Robert Barany

  Spontaneity, Spontaneous, Canals

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• So many of us had hoped that the civil system might be an alternative for some women, where the burdens were a little bit less, and cases might be easier to prove.

  Susan Estrich

  Hippie, Alternatives, Littles

  "Naming Kobe Bryant's Accuser". "On the Record", www.foxnews.com. October 15, 2004.

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• I still continue to do at least four concert tours a year, and in many cases, as many as six.

  Norman Granz

  Years, Four, Six

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• Hard cases, it is said, make bad law.

  John Y. Campbell

  Law, Prison, Said

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• "In my youth," said his father, "I look to the law, And argued each case with my wife; And the muscular strength, which it gave to my jaw Has lasted the rest of my life."

  Lewis Carroll

  Father, Talking, Law

  Alice's Adventures inWonderland ch. 5 (1865)

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