"My concern was whether I could do the job of a justice well enough to convince the nation that my appointment was the right move."

Concern, Job, Justice, Nation

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"My concern was whether I could do the job of a justice well enough to convince the nation that my appointment was the right move."

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"The salvation of mankind lies only in making everything the concern of all."

Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Russian Author

Concern, Lies, Mankind, Salvation

"Whatever I do is done out of sheer joy; I drop my fruits like a ripe tree. What the general reader or the critic makes of them is not my concern."

Henry Miller, American Author

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"The truly proud man knows neither superiors or inferiors. The first he does not admit of - the last he does not concern himself about."

William Hazlitt, English Critic

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"The smallest pain in our little finger gives us more concern than the destruction of millions of our fellow beings."

William Hazlitt, English Critic

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"My girlfriend is sad and quiet and keeps me up all night worrying about her."

Rainbow Rowell, American Author

Concern, Sadness, Worry, Love, Relationship

"It's a national concern, I mean how we dispose of nuclear waste in a safe way, how we deal with this incredible amount of nuclear waste we have created over the years."

Tom Udall, American Politician

Concern, Waste, Years

"Do be careful. I can't replace you as easily as all that."

Rachel Caine, Canadian Actress

Concern, Care, Warning, Values, Protection

"I don't concern myself with award. I'd been to the party enough times to know it really didn't matter."

Denzel Washington, American Actor

Concern, Party

"Our first concern is the security of the lawyers because without security you can't possibly have a fair trial, if trial at all, and that's not been adequately attended to."

Ramsey Clark, American Public Servant

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"It is your concern when your neighbor's wall is on fire."

Horace, Roman Poet

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"Most high courts in other nations do not have discretion, such as we enjoy, in selecting the cases that the high court reviews. Our court is virtually alone in the amount of discretion it has."

Court

"Justice Ginsburg is a very competent justice, and it is a joy to have her on the court, but particularly for me it is a pleasure to have a second woman on the court."

Court

"I need to retire from retirement."

Retirement

"The power I exert on the court depends on the power of my arguments, not on my gender."

Power

"My hope is that 10 years from now, after I've been across the street at work for a while, they'll all be glad they gave me that wonderful vote."

Work

"The framers of the Constitution were so clear in the federalist papers and elsewhere that they felt an independent judiciary was critical to the success of the nation."

Success

"The abortion cases produced an enormous amount of mail to my chambers, vastly more than to the other chambers, I am sure. I sometimes thought there wasn't a woman in the United States who didn't write me a letter on one side or the other of that issue."

Thought

"The Establishment Clause prohibits government from making adherence to a religion relevant in any way to a person's standing in the political community."

Government

"Do the best you can in every task, no matter how unimportant it may seem at the time. No one learns more about a problem than the person at the bottom."

Time

"We pay a price when we deprive children of the exposure to the values, principles, and education they need to make them good citizens."

Education