Documents Quotes

• I fell in love with the process of taking pictures, with wandering around finding things. To me it feels like a kind of performance. The picture is a document of that performance.

  Alec Soth

  Photography, Falling In Love, Wandering Around

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• The Declaration of Independence was to set forth the moral justification of a rebellion against a long-recognized political tradition - the divine right of kings. At issue was the fundamental question of whether men's rights were God-given or whether these rights were to be dispensed by governments to their subjects. This document proclaimed that all men have certain inalienable rights. In other words, these rights came from God.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  God, Kings, Men

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• As long as judges tinker with the Constitution to 'do what the people want,' instead of what the document actually commands, politicians who pick and confirm new federal judges will naturally want only those who agree with them politically.

  Antonin Scalia

  Law, Long, People

  "'Get over it': Justice Scalia's most memorable quotes" by Bill Mears, www.foxnews.com. February 15, 2016.

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• An Indian is an Indian regardless of the degree of Indian blood or which little government card they do or do not possess.

  Wilma Mankiller

  Native American, Race, Government

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• Rights don't come from human documents. The very idea is only worthy of contempt. Human documents are nothing but pieces of paper, they are nothing but words--until by will, and conscience, and courage, and commitment, human beings turn them into reality.

  Alan Keyes

  Commitment, Reality, Rights

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• Unfortunately, people are re-interpreting the Constitution as a living document, and it's not. It's a solid-based document and it shouldn't be played with.

  Chuck Norris

  People, Constitution, Interpreting

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• Budgets are moral documents. Federal funding should reflect the priorities and the values of the majority of the American people.

  Mike Pence

  People, Priorities, Majority

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I've signed thousands of documents, but never read them.

  Terry McAuliffe

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• Now, whenever you read any historical document, you always evaluate it in light of the historical context.

  Josh McDowell

  Light, Historical, Evaluate

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• Because the New Testament provides the primary historical source for information on the resurrection, many critics during the 19th century attacked the reliability of these biblical documents.

  Josh McDowell

  Biblical, Historical, Reliability

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• I think, if you put a camera in anyone's life and document it daily from the age of 21 to 27, there are going to be things that aren't always pretty.

  Sienna Miller

  Birthday, Thinking, Age

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• I think there are two types of photographers, those who want to document the world and those who want to create their own world. I am more interested in documenting the world and presenting it to people with the question attached, 'Does this make any sense to you?'

  Moby

  Thinking, Two, People

  "Destroyed: Moby". Interview With Amah-Rose McKnight-Abrams, www.dazeddigital.com. May 30, 2011.

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• When Bangladesh refused to renew my passport, I used U.N. travel documents. You can't disown your country.

  Taslima Nasrin

  Country, Used, Bangladesh

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• The amazing fact is that America is founded on a document. It's a work in progress. It can be tested by each generation.

  Christopher Hitchens

  America, Progress, Generations

  "FIVE QUESTIONS FOR: Christopher Hitchens / A gadfly with gusto". Interview with Carolyne Zinko, www.sfgate.com. June 26, 2005.

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• Reading a script is usually as exciting as reading a boilerplate legal document, so when you read one that makes you feel as if you're seeing the movie, you know it's something different.

  Tom Hanks

  Reading, Different, Scripts

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• The American Constitution is the greatest governing document, and at some 7,000 words, just about the shortest.

  Stephen Ambrose

  Constitution, Governing, American Constitution

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• We released 400,000 classified documents, the most extraordinary history of a war to ever have been released in our civilization. Those documents cover 109,000 deaths. That is serious matter.

  Julian Assange

  War, Civilization, Serious

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I reverence the Constitution of the United States as a sacred document. To me its words are akin to the revelations of God, for God has placed his stamp of approval on the Constitution of this land.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Land, Constitution Of The United States, Sacred

  Ezra Taft Benson (1988). “The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson”, Bookcraft Pubs

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• One of the consequences of the Iranian revolution has been an explosion of history. A country once known only from British consular reports and intrepid travelogues is now awash with historical documents, letters, diaries, grainy video, weblogs and secret police files of questionable authenticity.

  James Buchan

  Country, Police, Historical

  "Khomeini's Ghost" by James Buchan, www.theguardian.com. April 10, 2009.

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• I really just love to open a blank document and spew, whereas with a screenplay I have to be more judicious.

  Diablo Cody

  Blank, Screenplays

  "The WD Interview: Diablo Cody". Interview with Chad Gervich, www.writersdigest.com. June 24, 2008.

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• Documents create a paper reality we call proof.

  Mason Cooley

  Reality, Paper, Proof

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• I'm more married to Sandy now than when we were married with the legal document. We're still married as parents.

  Bobby Darin

  Parent, Married, Sandy

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• Our laws need to reflect the evolution of technology and the changing expectations of American society. This is why the Constitution is often called a “living” document.

  Al Franken

  Technology, Law, Expectations

  "Privacy And Civil Liberties In The Digital Age" by Al Franken, www.wired.com. March 2, 2012.

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• I think every religious person should have a deep sense of respect for other people's religious documents and religious symbols just as we were deeply opposed to the Taliban destroying the two historic buddhas which they blew up. So I think we ought to all oppose burning the Koran.

  Newt Gingrich

  Religious, Thinking, Should Have

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• We think that the Kyoto protocol is a necessary document, necessary process. I am convinced that we will agree to disagree about substance.

  Goran Persson

  Thinking, Kyoto Protocol, Substance

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