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I think the important thing about my appointment is not that I will decide cases as a woman, but that I am a woman who will get to decide cases.

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James Russell Lowell

Truly there is a tide in the affairs of men; but there is no gulf-stream setting forever in one direction.

Destiny, Direction, Life, Men, Setting, Tide

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The only conclusive evidence of a man's sincerity is that he gives himself for a principle. Words, money, all things else, are comparatively easy to give away; but when a man makes a gift of his daily life and practice, it is plain that the truth, whatever it may be, has taken possession of him.

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And what they dare to dream of, date to do.

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Human nature has a much greater genius for sameness than for originality.

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What men call luck Is the prerogative of valiant souls, The fealty life pays its rightful kings.

Kings, Men, Rightful, Soul, Souls

For only by unlearning Wisdom comes.

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