#old

They who have reasoned ignorantly, or who have aimed at effecting their personal ends by flattering the popular feeling, have boldly affirmed that 'one man is as good as another;' a maxim that is true in neither nature, revealed morals, nor political theory. ↗

— James F. Cooper

#aimed #another #boldly #effecting #ends

I'd never even seen a play by the time I was 24 years old. ↗

— John Corbett

#even #i #never #old #play

My mother told me two things constantly. One was to be a lady and the other was to be independent, and the law was something most unusual for those times because for most girls growing up in the '40s, the most important degree was not your B.A. but your M.R.S. ↗

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

#constantly #degree #growing #growing up #important

Magic came very easy for me when I was a kid. When I was 8 years old I started doing it, and by the time I was 12, I was already published in magic books. ↗

— David Copperfield

#books #by the time #came #doing #easy

I robbed them, and I killed them as cold as ice, and I would do it again, and I know I would kill another person because I've hated humans for a long time. ↗

— Aileen Wuornos

#another #because #cold #hated #humans

My uncle's house burned down when I was 6 years old. We got out safely. But ever since, I've had a nightmare of dying in a fire. ↗

— David Copperfield

#down #dying #ever #fire #got

Most of the locks and dams on the upper Mississippi River system are over 60 years old and many are in serious need of repair and rehabilitation. ↗

— Ron Kind

#locks #many #mississippi #mississippi river #most

I don't want to slam the cute and fun movies out there, but it gets old. ↗

— John Corbett

#fun #gets #i #movies #old

When police or prosecutors conceal significant exculpatory or impeaching material, we hold, it is ordinarily incumbent on the state to set the record straight. ↗

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

#hold #incumbent #material #ordinarily #police

Democracy consists of choosing your dictators, after they've told you what you think it is you want to hear. ↗

— Alan Coren

#choosing #consists #democracy #dictators #hear