Choosing the right word, and the right word order, he illustrated, could make an enormous difference in conveying an image or an idea.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGWhen contemplated in its extreme, almost any power looks dangerous.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.
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I would like to be remembered as someone who used whatever talent she had to do her work to the very best of her ability.
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People who think you could wave a magic wand and the legacy of the past will be over are blind.
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In every good marriage, it helps sometimes to be a little deaf.
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So often in life, things that you regard as an impediment turn out to be great, good fortune.
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Work for what you believe in, but pick your battles, and don’t burn your bridges.
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One thing that concerns me is that today’s young women don’t seem to care that we have a fundamental instrument of government that makes no express statement about the equal citizenship stature of men and women.
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You would have a huge statelessness problem if you don’t consider a child born abroad a U.S. citizen.
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If I had any talent God could give me, I would be a great diva.
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I do hope that some of my dissents will one day be the law.
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Don’t be distracted by emotions like anger, envy, resentment. These just zap energy and waste time.
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Most states in the union where the death penalty is theoretically on the books don’t have executions.
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Dissents speak to a future age.
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An operatic voice is like no other.
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If you want to be a true professional, do something outside yourself.
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