“If McNamee is lying, then he has acted inexcusably, and he has made Clemens an innocent victim. If Clemens isn't telling the truth, then he has acted shamefully and has smeared McNamee. I don't think there's anything in between.” IfsThinkingMadeLyingVictimInnocentTelling The TruthInnocent Victims Author:Jim Lehrer
“Back before 'Brick,' I wrote a short film that I never ended up shooting: hit men in the present who work for a mob in the future who send their victims back in time. A guy is sent his future self, he lets him run, and the whole short was them chasing each other across the city. That sat in a drawer for 10 years until after I made 'Brothers Bloom.” MenYearsMadeSelfWholeRunningFilmGuyCitiesBrotherVictimShootingSatChasingBricksDrawersBack In TimeShort FilmsFuture Self Author:Rian Johnson
“Men weren't really the enemy - they were fellow victims suffering from an outmoded masculine mystique that made them feel unnecessarily inadequate when there were no bears to kill.” MenFeelsMadeSufferingCultureWomenEnemyFeminismBearsDiversityFellowsVictimSocial JusticeMasculineInadequateMystique Author:Betty Friedan
“In a state of tranquility, wealth, and luxury, our descendants would forget the arts of war and the noble activity and zeal which made their ancestors invincible. Every art of corruption would be employed to loosen the bond of union which renders our resistance formidable. When the spirit of liberty which now animates our hearts and gives success to our arms is extinct, our numbers will accelerate our ruin and render us easier victims to tyranny.” GivingHeartArtMadeWarStatesWould BeSpiritWealthForgetNumbersLibertyArmsEasierActivityVictimUnionsCorruptionNobleTyrannyResistanceRuinsLuxuryAncestorTranquilityEmployedArt Of WarZealInvincibleDescendantsFormidableAccelerate Author:Samuel Adams
“For the highest exercise of judicial duty is to subordinate one's personal pulls and one's private views to the law of which we are all guaradians - those impersonal convictions that made a society a civilized community, and not the victims of personal rule.” MadeLawCommunityViewsDutyExerciseHighestVictimConvictionCivilizedJudicialSubordinates Author:Felix Frankfurter