Court Quotes - Page 31

• I've been called worse on the basketball court.

  Barack Obama

  Basketball, Basketball Court

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• Recognizing that the power of will is the supreme court over all other departments of my mind, I will exercise daily when I need the urge to act for any purpose; and I will form habits designed to bring the power of my will into action at least once daily.

  Bruce Lee

  Exercise, Mind, Needs

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• Do not be afraid of mistakes. They will be with you always,every time you put a camera to your eye. [If you] shoot safe, and don't at least occasionally court disaster, you are not trying. Time to hang up the camera.

  Joe McNally

  Mistake, Eye, Trying

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• What is happening is not ideal. Sometimes nothing goes smoothly in the preparation for fights, and that is when you have to show what kind of champion you are and deal with whatever is put in front of you. This is just another obstacle, and if it does go to court then I will be as equally determined to overcome it.

  Ricky Hatton

  Motivation, Fighting, Champion

  "Court threat to Hatton unification bout". www.theguardian.com. September 12, 2005.

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• And with the money from your corn, from your rents, and from the issues of pleas in your courts, and from your stock, arrange the expenses of your kitchen and your wines and your wardrobe and the wages of servants, and subtract your stock.

  Robert Grosseteste

  Wine, Issues, Kitchen

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• To think well is to serve God in the interior court.

  Thomas Traherne

  Thinking, Serving God, Wells

  Thomas Traherne (2010). “Centuries of Meditations”, p.7, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Quietude, which some men cannot abide because it reveals their inward poverty, is as a palace of cedar to the wise, for along its hallowed courts the King in his beauty deigns to walk.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Wise, Kings, Men

  Charles H. Spurgeon (2010). “Lectures to My Students”, p.56, Zondervan

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• A team of British lawyers has now concluded that the Declaration of Independence was illegal, and the American colonies had no right to secede from England. Well, you thought our court system was backed up.

  Jay Leno

  Team, Independence, England

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• I have always had an interest in fashion and design and I appreciate style and timelessness within my footwear and accessories both on and off the court

  Maria Sharapova

  Fashion, Appreciate, Design

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• So many people say, ‘You know, your taxes aren’t taken by force,’ and that’s foolish. If you don’t pay your taxes and you don’t answer the warrant and you don’t go to court, eventually someone will pull a gun. Eventually someone with a gun will show up.

  Penn Jillette

  Taken, Gun, People

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• So many able writers have shown that the unjust institutions which work so much misery and suffering to the masses have their root in governments, and owe their whole existence to the power derived from government we cannot help but believe that were every law, every title deed, every court, and every police officer or soldier abolished tomorrow with one sweep, we would be better off than now.

  Lucy Parsons

  Believe, Government, Law

  "The Principles of Anarchism". A Lecture by Lucy E. Parsons, lucyparsons.org.

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• Our court dockets are so crowded today it would be better to refer to it as the overdue process of law.

  Bill Vaughan

  Law, Would Be, Today

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• In Massachusetts, where properly qualified 'persons' were allowed to practice law, the Supreme Court decided that a woman was not a 'person,' and a special act of the legislature had to be passed before Miss Lelia Robinson could be admitted to the bar. But today women are lawyers.

  Lucy Stone

  Law, Practice, Missing

  "The Progress of Fifty Years". Speech at the Congress of Women at the Woman's Building of the World's Columbian Exposition (World's Fair), Chicago, Illinois, 1893.

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• Neither individuals nor corporations have any right to come into court and ask that the clock of history be stopped, or turned back.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Corporations, Individual, Clock

  Robert A. Heinlein (2013). “The Man Who Sold the Moon and Orphans of the Sky”, p.36, Baen Publishing Enterprises

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• I have spent my entire life helping millions of children across the world. I would never harm a child. It is unfortunate that some individuals have seen fit to come forward and make a complaint that is completely false. Years ago, I settled with certain individuals because I was concerned about my family and the media scrutiny that would have ensued if I fought the matter in court. These people wanted to exploit my concern for children by threatening to destroy what I believe in and what I do. I have been a vulnerable target for those who want money.

  Michael Jackson

  Children, Believe, Media

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Satire must always accompany any free society. It is an absolute necessity. Even in the most repressive medieval kingdoms, they understood the need for the court jester, the one soul allowed to tell the truth through laughter. It is, in many ways, the most powerful form of free speech because it is aimed at those in power, or those whose ideas would spread hate. It is the canary in the coalmine, a cultural thermometer, and it always has to push, push, push the boundaries of society to see how much it’s grown.

  Joe Randazzo

  Powerful, Laughter, Hate

  "Former 'Onion' editor: Freedom of speech cannot be killed" by Joe Randazzo, www.msnbc.com. January 7, 2015.

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• Satire must always accompany any free society. It is an absolute necessity. Even in the most repressive medieval kingdoms, they understood the need for the court jester, the one soul allowed to tell the truth through laughter.

  Joe Randazzo

  Laughter, Soul, Needs

  "Former 'Onion' editor: Freedom of speech cannot be killed" by Joe Randazzo, www.msnbc.com. January 7, 2015.

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• I'm not paid to be a role model. I'm paid to wreak havoc on the basketball court.

  Charles Barkley

  Basketball, Role Models, Roles

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• You know obviously a big TV or film break would be lovely, but I find that I’m essentially a theatre trained actor and that’s what I love doing. I love fringe theatres in London, I love theatres like the Royal Court, Soho and the National obviously and if I could work in any of those and be a jobbing actor for a while then I’m very lucky.

  Kit Harington

  Lovely, Theatre, Would Be

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• As a student of the game, it is a dream come true to align myself with a brand that has a rich history in sports. Like most kids, I grew up idolizing Michael Jordan and continue to work relentlessly to reach his iconic status on the court. I'm truly motivated to take my career to the next level as a member of Team Jordan.

  Maya Moore

  Sports, Dream, Team

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• It [the Constitution] didn't break free from the essential constraints that were placed by the founding fathers in the Constitution, at least as it's been interpreted, and the Warren court interpreted it in the same way that generally the Constitution is a charter of negative liberties. It says what the states can't do to you, it says what the federal government can't do to you, but it doesn't say what the federal government or the state government must do on your behalf. And that hasn't shifted.

  Barack Obama

  Father, Government, Liberty

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• Channel 4 are a great bunch of people to work with and the crew are lovely. Working at ITV was like being in the court of Caligula.

  Paul O'Grady

  People, Lovely, Crew

  "Savage cuts for Paul O'Grady chat show". www.mirror.co.uk. June 6, 2009.

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• I read numerous books - loads in fact - and, as I always do when recording a historical project, immersed myself into the subject matter. I spent many hours at Henrys old homes, such as Hampton Court, and visiting the Tower of London. I read no other books during that period.

  Rick Wakeman

  Book, Home, Historical

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• I just hate to lose. When I am on the court, it is like my life depends on it.

  Serena Williams

  Hate, Depends, Loses

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• I wouldn't join the International Criminal Court. This is a body based in The Hague where unaccountable judges, prosecutors, could pull our troops, our diplomats up for trial. And I wouldn't join. And I understand that in certain capitals of, around the world that that wasn't a popular move. But it's the right move not to join a foreign court that could, where our people could be prosecuted.

  George W. Bush

  Moving, People, Judging

  "Robert Fisk on the Presidential Debate, Iraq, Palestine and the International Criminal Court". www.democracynow.org. October 01, 2004.

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