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«To exclude all jurors who would be in the slightest way affected by the prospect of the death penalty would be to deprive the defendant of the impartial jury to which he or she is entitled under the law.»
Author: Byron R. White
| About:
Justice,
Law and lawyers
| Keywords:
affected, death penalty, defendant, defendants, deprive, entitled, exclude, impartial, juror, jurors, jury, penalty, prospect, slightest
«The fact that poetry is not of the slightest economic or political importance, that is has no attachment to any of the powers that control the modern world, may set it free to do the only thing that in this age it can do -to keep the neglected parts»
Author: Graham Hough
| Keywords:
attachment, economic power, Modern Age, modern world, neglected, political power, slightest, The Modern Age
«The mere process of growing old together will make our slightest acquaintances seem like bosom friends.»
Author: Logan Pearsall Smith
(Writer)
| About:
Age
| Keywords:
acquaintances, bosom, grow together, slightest
«There is no proletarian, not even a Communist movement, that has not operated in the interests of money, and for the time being permitted by money - and that without the idealists among its leaders having the slightest suspicion of the fact.»
Author: Oswald Spengler
(Philosopher)
| Keywords:
communist, for the time being, Idealists, proletarian, proletarians, slightest, suspicion, The Idealists
«To be prosperous is not to be superior, and should form no barrier between men. Wealth out not to secure the prosperous the slightest consideration. The only distinctions which should be recognized are those of the soul, of strong principle, of incorruptible integrity, of usefulness, of cultivated intellect, of fidelity in seeking the truth.»
Author: William Ellery Channing
(Author, Clergyman)
| About:
Principles,
Soul,
Wealth
| Keywords:
barrier, consideration, cultivated, distinctions, fidelity, incorruptible, prosperous, recognized, slightest, usefulness
«What a man believes upon grossly insufficient evidence is an index into his desires -- desires of which he himself is often unconscious. If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is offered something which affords a reason for acting in accordance to his instincts, he will accept it even on the slightest evidence. The origin of myths is explained in this way.»
Author: Bertrand Russell
(Logician, Philosopher)
| Keywords:
accordance, affords, closely, explained, grossly, index, indexes, indices, instincts, insufficient, myths, offered, on the other hand, origin, overwhelming, scrutinize, scrutinized, scrutinizing, slightest, the Index, the Origin, unconscious
«There is not the slightest indication that energy will ever be obtainable from the atom»
Author: Albert Einstein
(Physicist)
| Keywords:
atom, energy, ever, from the, indication, indications, obtainable, slightest, The Atom
«The bruise on the heart which at first feels incredibly tender to the slightest touch eventually turns all the shades of the rainbow and stops aching. We forget about it. We even forget we have hearts until the next time. And then we wonder how we ever could have forgotten. We think this one is better, because, in fact, we cannot fully remember the time before.»
Author: Erica Jong
| Keywords:
aching, bruise, incredibly, shades, shades of, slightest, The Rainbow, The Shades
«The trouble with writing a book about yourself is that you can't fool around. If you write about someone else, you can stretch the truth from here to Finland. If you write about yourself the slightest deviation makes you realize instantly that there may be honor among thieves, but you are just a dirty liar.»
Author: Groucho Marx
(Actor, Comedian, Singer)
| Keywords:
deviation, dirty, Finland, fool around, Honor Among Thieves, instantly, liar, slightest, stretch, thieves, thieving, write about
«Understand this law and you will then know, beyond room for the slightest doubt, that you are constantly punishing yourself for every wrong you commit and rewarding yourself for every act of constructive conduct in which you indulge.»
Author: Napoleon Hill
| Keywords:
Act of, beyond any doubt, beyond doubt, commit, conduct, constantly, constructive, For every, indulge, indulges, punishing, rewarding, slightest
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