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"The judge is forced for the most part to reach his audience through the medium of the press whose reporting of judicial decisions is all too often inaccurate and superficial."
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"No, most of the decisions that I make with regard to taking roles, I just look for something that's challenging, something that I think I can accomplish, you know."

"But figuring out Saddam Hussein was one our greatest mysteries. He marched to his own drummer and frequently as this unfolded he made decisions which were sometimes inexplicable to us and sometimes didn't look very smart."

"When you make a choice, acknowledge all the consequences. That way you won't be left feeling compromised."

"If you are ever in doubt about which way you should travel, make a choice that contains the essence of goodness and love and then go in that direction. This way, you can have absolute faith that you made the right decision."

"To sit on the stile would be to continue a familiar existence. To cross the stile would be to begin something new."

"There's no difference between one's killing and making decisions that will send others to kill. It's exactly the same thing, or even worse."

"Our choices are always in accordance to the prevailing value systems of our environment."
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"Courtrooms contain every symbol of authority that a set designer could imagine. Everyone stands up when you come in. You wear a costume identifying you as, if not quite divine, someone special."


"To the extent that the judicial profession becomes the daily routine of deciding cases on the most secure precedents and the narrowest grounds available, the judicial mind atrophies and its perspective shrinks."


"The judicial system is the most expensive machine ever invented for finding out what happened and what to do about it."


"The Supreme Court's only armor is the cloak of public trust; its sole ammunition, the collective hopes of our society."


"The judge is forced for the most part to reach his audience through the medium of the press whose reporting of judicial decisions is all too often inaccurate and superficial."
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