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burden-of-proof people black
I've always maintained that black people and women suffer from a presumption of incompetence. The burdens of proof are different. It just gets so tiresome. Carol Moseley Braun
burden-of-proof bills thieves
The threat [of the U.S. bills SOPA and PIPA] is the inversion of the burden of proof, where we suddenly are all treated like thieves at every moment we're given the freedom to create, to produce or to share. Clay Shirky
burden-of-proof should spending
The perverse presumption that places the burden of proof on the challenger of spending must be inverted, back to the rule that applies elsewhere in life: 'Prove to me why we should. Mitch Daniels
burden-of-proof essence anarchy
That is what I have always understood to be the essence of anarchism: the conviction that the burden of proof has to be placed on authority, and that it should be dismantled if that burden cannot be met. Noam Chomsky
burden-of-proof common-sense heaven
I have problems with a religion which says that faith in itself is enough for a ticket to heaven. In other words, that the ideal is your ability to manipulate your own common sense to accept something your intellect rejects. It's the same model of intellectual submission that dictatorships have used throughout time, the concept of a higher reasoning without any obligation to discharge the burden of proof. Jo Nesbo
burden-of-proof anarchy debate
In debates between anarchists and statists, the burden of proof clearly should rest on those who place their trust in the state. Anarchy's mayhem is wholly conjectural; the state's mayhem is undeniably, factually horrendous. Robert Higgs
burden-of-proof burden proof
The prosecutor, who is supposed to carry the burden of proof, really is an author. Scott Turow
bills fabulous drummer
Plus I am being hounded by all the fabulous new drummers, Bill Stewart at the head of the pack. Bill Bruford
bills both dependent employers force immigrant immigrants sector stable workers
We know that the construction sector is dependent on immigrant workers in some cases. These bills would be very important both to employers who want a legal, stable work force and to the immigrants who are working in construction already. Michele Waslin
bills concerned costs electric energy people
With the way energy costs are rising, people are a lot more concerned with what their bills are going to look like -- electric and gas. Kevin Brady
bills month pay paycheck society struggled tells
Most of them don't have insurance, ... They've managed to pay all their bills for the month and have struggled from one paycheck to the next. They're doing things that society tells them to do, but it's not working out.
bills corporate films mostly pay producing training
Mostly what I do to pay the bills is a lot of writing for corporate training films and producing those,
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Most are Bills fans and Texans fans. They told me they were cheering for the Texans but I think I heard a few cheers for the Bills.
bills change consumer expensive holiday hurt marginal primarily rather spending
Will the anticipation of more expensive bills hurt holiday sales? I don't think so. I think consumer spending will see more of a marginal change rather than a substantial change, primarily at the lower-income level. Richard Hastings
bills carriers consumers spend time
Most residential consumers don't spend a lot of time scrutinizing their bills and they don't want to change. The carriers know this.
bills burdened card credit mortgage problem run second top
The problem is that they go out and run up their credit card bills again, ... So now they are burdened by a first mortgage, a second mortgage and on top of that more credit card debt.
thieves demon knows
I know who the demon thief is - it's me! Darren Shan
thieves lucky might
Individually the poor are not too tempting to thieves, for obvious reasons. Mug a banker and you might score a wallet containing a month's rent. Mug a janitor and you will be lucky to get away with bus fare to flee the crime scene. Barbara Ehrenreich
thieves life-is excited
No reason to get excited,' the thief, he kindly spoke, There are many here among us who feel that life is but a joke. Bob Dylan
thieves heist-society
Time, the greatest thief of all. Ally Carter
thieves littles saws
Once he saw the officials of a temple leading away some one who had stolen a bowl belonging to the treasurers, and said, "The great thieves are leading away the little thief. Diogenes
thieves littles crime
The great thieves lead away the little thief.
thieves stealing mere
The thief you must fear the most is not the one who steals mere things. Ann-Marie MacDonald
thieves ends take-time
We're both thieves, Harvey Swick. I take time. You take lives. But in the end we're the same: both Thieves of Always. Clive Barker
thieves crime rascals
Every rascal is not a thief, but every thief is a rascal. Aristotle