“The centerpiece of 'Law and Order' is the crime, and it starts with the writing. There's a beginning, a middle and an end. It allows the audience to watch any given episode and can drop right in and not feel lost. I think the stark, raw structure has a lot to do with its longevity.” ThinkingFeelsWritingEndsLawOrderLostGivenWatchesAudienceMiddleCrimeStructureEpisodesLongevityStarksLaw And OrderCenterpieces Author:Danny Pino
“In the 'Garnethill' trilogy, people always forget that Maureen O'Donnell's dad was a journalist and she did art history at uni and her brother did law, but no-one ever thinks they're middle-class - they're just working class because they speak with accents.” PeopleThinkingArtLawSpeakForgetClassMiddleBrotherDadJournalistMiddle ClassAccentsWorking ClassArt HistoryTrilogies Author:Denise Mina
“Repeatedly and frankly we have announced that in Irans national security doctrine there is no room for atomic and chemical weapons as we consider them against Islamic laws. Irans Supreme Leader (Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei) in this connection had issued a decree that mass destruction weapons are prohibited by the Muslim religion. [. . .] Therefore we support the idea of a Middle East free from weapons of mass destruction[.]” IdeasLawRoomsLeaderSupportMiddleSecurityWeaponsMassConnectionsDestructionEastSupremeDoctrineIslamicIranChemicalsMiddle EastNational SecurityWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionDecreeChemical WeaponsIslamic LawMuslim Religion Author:Ali Larijani
“You can watch an episode of Friends or an episode of Law & Order and just drop in, but you're not going to in the middle of Season 4, Episode 5 of Lost. It's like picking up a Harry Potter book and flipping to a chapter. You have to read it from beginning to end.” BookEndsLawOrderLostWatchesMiddleSeasonsChaptersEpisodesHarry PotterPotters Author:Damon Lindelof
“Integrationists are delighted to live in a democratic country where the rule of law prevails, whereas chauvinists wish to import the customs of the Middle East and South Asia.” CountryLawWishMiddleImportanceDemocraticSouthEastCustomsMiddle EastAsiaDelightedRule Of LawImportsDemocratic CountrySouth Asia Author:Daniel Pipes
“If there are indeed any iron laws of history, one of them is surely that in any major crisis of the capitalist system, a sector of the liberal middle class will shift to the left, and then shift smartly back again once the crisis has blown over.” IfsLawLeftClassMiddleMajorsCrisisMiddle ClassIronCapitalistBack Again Author:Terry Eagleton
“Most gun dealers follow the law and run honest businesses. But the statistics show that 1 percent of dealers sell more than half of all illegal guns. Why isn't the federal government going after them? Here's one reason: unlike mayors, members of Congress don't get a phone call in the middle of the night when a cop is shot and killed. They don't deliver the eulogies.” ReasonShowsGovernmentRunningLawNightHalfMiddleHonestMembersPercentGunShotsSellsCongressPhonesIllegalStatisticsCopFederal GovernmentMayorsPhone CallsDealerEulogyMiddle Of The NightIllegal Guns Author:Michael Bloomberg