quotations

Quote it! The lawyer high

by Marissa on 14 August 2006

I found the following entry on a relatively new lawyer’s blog, and it made me remember how I felt last summer when I was working at The Firm, and why I was so, so, SO excited to get the offer of employment. And I thought it sort of nicely sums up an answer to the [...]

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Hodgepodge

by Marissa on 6 August 2006

A series of quotes and links I’ve gathered over the past week or so… "Thirty-five years ago, while I was in the midst of moving, my car and all my belongings were stolen. I took it as a sign to get out of town. I put a map of the United States on the wall [...]

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Quote it! Education

by Marissa on 4 August 2006

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or self-confidence. – Robert Frost

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Quote it! “Happiness is no vague dream”

by Marissa on 16 July 2006

One is happy as a result of one’s own efforts, once one knows of the necessary ingredients of happiness—simple tastes, a certain degree of courage, self-denial to a point, love of work, and, above all, a clear conscience. Happiness is no vague dream, of that I now feel certain. – George Sand

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Quote it! Happiness, pursue or create

by Marissa on 1 July 2006

Some people pursue happiness, others create it. – sign in front of the Ossian Presbyterian Church Here’s to creating.

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Click here if you’re looking for the Indiana Bar Exam Capsule Outlines. I have so much sense that I don’t need to be smart. – Grandma   Then there’s the approach recommended by Tim Norris, and I shall paraphrase to make applicable to the bar: Bar exam review doesn’t matter to me as long as [...]

Former presidential candidate Thomas Dewey returned to his law practice as a senior partner of the Dewey Ballantine firm in Atlanta, Georgia. He was known as a rather gruff and demanding lawyer. One Saturday morning he placed a call to his firm from his home in an Atlanta suburb. The telephone rang in the firm’s [...]

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