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"In the first place, Descartes stands for the most explicit and uncompromising dualism between mind and matter."

"When they first grabbed us, yeah, it terrified, but they calmed me down."

"George was getting alot of independence for himself in those days. He was writing more, and wanted things to go his way - where, when we first started things basically went John and Paul's way. You know, 'cuz they were the writers."

"Florida has been really cool to us. This is our first big club tour, and Pennywise has been really nice."

"First of all, you have to understand that I'm like anybody else. When I hear my voice on a record I absolutely loathe my voice. I cannot stand my voice."

"The first lady is, and always has been, an unpaid public servant elected by one person, her husband."

"The first object of my endeavours was the means to become perfect and happy."
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"The states are not free, under the guise of protecting maternal health or potential life, to intimidate women into continuing pregnancies."

"The flaw in the statute is that in all its applications, it operates on a fundamentally mistaken premise that high solicitation costs are an accurate measure of fraud."

"Who is to say that 5 men 10 years ago were right whereas 5 men looking the other direction today are wrong."

"By placing discretion in the hands of an official to grant or deny a license, such a statute creates a threat of censorship that by its very existence chills free speech."

"Disapproval of homosexuality cannot justify invading the houses, hearts and minds of citizens who choose to live their lives differently."

"It is precisely because the issue raised by this case touches the heart of what makes individuals what they are that we should be especially sensitive to the rights of those whose choices upset the majority."

"The right of an individual to conduct intimate relationships in the intimacy of his or her own home seems to me to be the heart of the Constitution's protection of privacy."

"What the Court really has refused to recognize is the fundamental interest all individuals have in controlling the nature of their intimate associations."

"In order to get beyond racism, we must first take account of race. There is no other way. And in order to treat some persons equally, we must treat them differently."
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