Life is made up of a series of judgments on insufficient data, and if we waited to run down all our doubts, it would flow past us.

Learned Hand

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Decisions and choices Life

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Learned Hand

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Speech

Language

English

Time

1939 1930s 20th century

Occupation

Judge Lawyer

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United States

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Hand, Learned. "On Receiving an Honorary Degree." Harvard Alumni Bulletin, 7 July 1939.

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This much I think I do know—that a society so riven that the spirit of moderation is gone, no court can save; that a society where the spirit flourishes, no court need save; that in a society which evades its responsibility by thrusting upon the courts the nurture of that spirit, that spirit in the end will perish.

Learned Hand

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Law and culture Politics is downstream of culture
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Learned Hand
Language
English
Time
1942 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Hand, Learned. "The Contribution of an Independent Judiciary to Civilization." 250th Anniversary of the Founding of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. 21 Nov. 1942, Boston, MA, USA.

Another quote from the 1930s

You can't understand it. You would have to be born there.

William Faulkner

Absalom, Absalom!

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American South

Author

William Faulkner
Source
Absalom, Absalom!
Medium
Novel
Genre
Southern Gothic
Language
English
Time
1936 1930s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Faulkner, William. Absalom, Absalom! Chelsea House Publishers, 1987, p. 85.

Another quote about Life

Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.

John Lennon

Beautiful Boy

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Living in the moment Passage of time Making plans Life
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John Lennon
Source
Beautiful Boy Double Fantasy
Medium
Song
Genre
Pop music
Language
English
Time
1980 1980s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Lennon, John. "Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)." Double Fantasy. Geffen Records/Capitol Records, 1980.

Another quote from 1939

Somewhere over the rainbow
Way up high,
There's a land that I heard of
Once in a lullaby.

Dorothy Gale

The Wizard of Oz

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Adventure
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Dorothy Gale
Actor
Judy Garland
Source
Over the Rainbow The Wizard of Oz
Medium
Song Film
Language
English
Time
1939 1930s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

"Over the Rainbow." The Wizard of Oz. Directed by Victor Fleming, performed by Judy Garland, composed by Harold Arlen, lyrics by Harburg, Edgar Yipsel "Yip." Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1939.