"It's not the heart that compels conclusions in cases, it's the law."

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"It's not the heart that compels conclusions in cases, it's the law."

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"Words, words, mere words, no matter from the heart."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

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"Knock on the heart's emotions and its gates will be widely opened, but nock on reason and doubt will come charging at you."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

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"The mind is always the patsy of the heart."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

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"Those who have a listening heart can hear the song of silence."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

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"Who shall measure the hat and violence of the poet's heart when caught and tangled in a woman's body?"

Virginia Woolf, British Author

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"False face must hide what the false heart doth know."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

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"I'll give you my opinion of the human race in a nutshell... their heart's in the right place, but their head is a thoroughly inefficient organ."

W. Somerset Maugham, British Playwright

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"A closed heart is the most self limiting factor in life. Start to listen to your heartfelt desires."

Steven Redhead, British Author

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"In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart."

Mahatma Gandhi, Indian Leader

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"As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled."

Victor Hugo, French Author

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"We apply law to facts. We don't apply feelings to facts."

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"It's not the heart that compels conclusions in cases, it's the law."

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"I was raised in a Bronx public housing project, but studied at two of the nation's finest universities. I did work as an assistant district attorney, prosecuting violent crimes that devastate our communities."

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"Whether born from experience or inherent physiological or cultural differences our gender and national origins may and will make a difference in our judging."

Experience, Difference, Gender, May

"I hope that as the Senate and the American people learn more about me they will see that I am an ordinary person who has been blessed with extraordinary opportunities and experiences."

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"I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that life."

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"I am an ordinary person who has been blessed with extraordinary opportunities and experiences. Today is one of those experiences."

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"I wouldn't approach the issue of judging in the way the president does. Judges can't rely on what's in their heart. They don't determine the law. Congress makes the law. The job of a judge is to apply the law."

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"This wealth of experiences, personal and professional, have helped me appreciate the variety of perspectives that present themselves in every case that I hear."

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"Personal experiences affect the facts that judges choose to see."

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