Documents Quotes - Page 2

• Mr. Speaker, the fact of the matter is that the Ten Commandments are a historical document that contains moral, ethical, and legal truisms that any person of any religion or even an atheist can recognize and appreciate.

  Cliff Stearns

  Atheist, Appreciate, Historical

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• America is great not because it's a team. America is great because it is a nation whose founding documents elevated the rights of the individual.

  John Podhoretz

  Team, Rights, America

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• The word 'equality' shows up too much in our founding documents for anyone to pretend it's not the American way.

  Martha Plimpton

  Equality, Too Much, Way

  Twitter post from Mar 5, 2012

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• People say if bees die out, the world would end apparently. Now, I don't know if that's true, if that's some bee enthusiast who managed to write a good document and people believe this.

  Karl Pilkington

  Believe, Writing, People

  "Karl Pilkington On 'An Idiot Abroad,' Endangered Animals & Ricky Gervais (VIDEO)". Interview with Jordan Zakarin, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 20, 2012.

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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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• 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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• 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'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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• Documents create a paper reality we call proof.

  Mason Cooley

  Reality, Paper, Proof

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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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• 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 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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• 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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• 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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• Today's Constitution is a realistic document of freedom only because of several corrective amendments. Those amendments speak to a sense of decency and fairness that I and other Blacks cherish.

  Thurgood Marshall

  Freedom, Democracy, Today

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

  Terry McAuliffe

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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