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• In the Pentagon Papers case, the government asserted in the Supreme Court that the publication of the material was a threat to national security. It turned out it was not a threat to U.S. security. But even if it had been, that doesn't mean that it couldn't be published.

  Alan Dershowitz

  Mean, Government, Paper

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• I could drink a case of you, darlin'...and I would still be on my feet, yes I would still be on my feet.

  Joni Mitchell

  Feet, Drink, Stills

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• A fanatic is a man that does what he thinks the Lord would do if He knew the facts of the case.

  Finley Peter Dunne

  Men, Thinking, Facts

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• Political satire is a serious thing. In democratic newspapers throughout the world there are daily cartoons that often are not even funny, as is the case especially in many English-language newspapers. Instead, they contain a political message, and the artist takes full responsibility.

  Umberto Eco

  Responsibility, Artist, Political

  "Don't smile when you say that" by Umberto Eco, www.theguardian.com. June 21, 2002.

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• No fairer destiny could be allotted to any physical theory than that it should of itself point out the way to the introduction of a more comprehensive theory, in which it lives on as a limiting case.

  Albert Einstein

  Love, Life, God

  "Relativity: The Special and the General Theory".

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• It is a common enough case, that of a man being suddenly captivated by a woman nearly the opposite of his ideal.

  George Eliot

  Women, Memorable, Opposites

  George Eliot (2016). “Impressions of Theophrastus Such: Top Novelist Focus”, p.54, 谷月社

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• I had a great many sex and love cases where people were absolutely devastated when somebody with whom they were compulsively in love didn't love them back. They were killing themselves with anxiety and depression.

  Albert Ellis

  Sex, People, Anxiety

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• The same is the case when you enter a womb, enter into a fresh body, and start the journey of desires. But if you die alert, in that alertness not only the body dies, all desires evaporate. Then there is no entering into a womb. Then entering a womb is such a painful process, it is so painful that consciously you cannot do it; only unconsciously you can do it.

  Rajneesh

  Journey, Desire, Entering

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• Things happened there that I don't think are the finest hours for anybody, whether it was a journalist, the legal system or, in that case of the political system, who would say that was an example of when Washington worked best.

  Rahm Emanuel

  Thinking, Political, Example

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• Banks are slowly but surely lending again, and never again will taxpayers foot the bill for Wall Street’s excesses. In case we forgot, that was the change we believed in. That was the change we fought for. That was the change President Obama delivered.

  Rahm Emanuel

  Wall, Feet, President

  Rahm Emanuel's Speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 4, 2012.

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• Scientists themselves readily admit that they do not fully understand the consequences of our many-faceted assault upon the interwoven fabric of atmosphere, water, land and life in all its biological diversity. But things could also turn out to be worse than the current scientific best guess. In military affairs, policy has long been based on the dictum that we should be prepared for the worst case. Why should it be so different when the security is that of the planet and our long-term future?

  Prince Charles

  Military, Future, Science

  "Our Final Hour: A Scientist's Warning". Book by Martin Rees (p. 112-113), March 17, 2009.

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• People assume that the meaning of a song is vested in the lyrics. To me, that has never been the case. There are very few songs that I can think of where I remember the words.

  Brian Eno

  Song, Thinking, People

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• I'm a hopeless mother; a hopeless wife; I have to try harder. I'm just a pathetic case history, really.

  Siobhan Fahey

  Mother, Wife, Trying

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• One can make a case that says that since 85% of children being brought up in single family homes are being brought up by women that about 85% of elementary school teachers should be males to balance out the feminization that the boys and girls receive.

  Warren Farrell

  Girl, Teacher, Children

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• In my situation, unlike some players who retire because they have no choice - either teams don't want them or injuries have caused them to retire, and they just can't do it - for me, I really had never thought I would give out mentally before I gave out physically, but I think that was the case.

  Brett Favre

  Team, Player, Thinking

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• It may not be easy, in every possible case, to trace the line of separation between the rights of religion and the Civil authority with such distinctness as to avoid collisions and doubts on unessential points. The tendency to unsurpastion on one side or the other, or to a corrupting coalition or alliance between them, will be best guarded agst. by an entire abstinence of the Gov't from interfence in any way whatsoever, beyond the necessity of preserving public order, and protecting each sect agst. trespasses on its legal rights by others.

  James Madison

  Order, Rights, Doubt

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• In rap, as in most popular lyrics, a very low standard is set for rhyme; but this was not always the case with popular music.

  James Fenton

  Rap, Lows, Standards

  "It ain't necessarily so" by James Fenton, www.theguardian.com. October 18, 2002.

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• I didn't even like white wine. Then I tasted it and bought a case. It was the first case of any wine I'd ever bought.

  Tim Ferriss

  Wine, White, Firsts

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• To make a bestseller, there are more customers than just your customers: Selling to the end-user is just one piece of the puzzle. In my case, I needed to first sell myself to the publisher to get marketing support and national retail distribution.

  Tim Ferriss

  Support, Marketing, Retail

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• Some stuff I don't even put out. I'll just be home, happy, creating something for myself, and then ball it up and throw it in the trash. It's less about trying to prove something or get on somebody's list or make a fan happy or make a hater mad or convert a non-believer. That's not the case for me anymore.

  Lupe Fiasco

  Home, Creating, Mad

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• Horses in the Book of Mormon would be another. You have relatively few mentions of horses, but there are some, and we don't know exactly how they were used; they don't seem to be all that common. Were they horses as we understood them, [or] does the term describe some other animal? Languages don't always and cultures don't always classify things the way we would expect. We have what we call common-sense ways of doing it. They're not common sense; they're just ours. But again, we don't have a strong case there. We're just problem solving there.

  Daniel C. Peterson

  Strong, Horse, Honesty

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• Set up another case bartender! The best thing for a case of nerves is a case of Scotch.

  W. C. Fields

  Scotch, Nerves, Bartending

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• I always keep a supply of stimulant handy in case I see a snake, which I also keep handy.

  W. C. Fields

  Inspirational, Funny, Book

  In Corey Ford Time of Laughter (1970) p. 182

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• I have a trophy case that contains all the action figures ever made of me. It also has items I've stolen from my movies, like three guns and holsters from 'Serenity'.

  Nathan Fillion

  Gun, Serenity, Trophies

  "Sunday with...Nathan Fillion". parade.com. March 13, 2011.

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• In America right now, we use words like 'smart' to talk about bombs. American rhetoric is grounded in ideas of capital-G Good, capital-E Evil, and it's very clear who is on which side. But in a book you can do just the opposite. You can use all lower-case words.

  Jonathan Safran Foer

  Smart, Book, Opposites

  "Something happened" by Suzie Mackenzie, www.theguardian.com. May 21, 2005.

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