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Look at the number of cop shows and lawyer shows and forensics shows... I think there could be room for two quite different examinations of the same political office.

Quote by Geena Davis about police, numbers

And while national military forces have historically resisted the full participation of women soldiers, female talent has found plenty of scope in revolutionary and terrorist groups around the planet.

Quote by Katherine Dunn about army, force, talent

I volunteered to join the Navy for 12 years. If you get your calling up papers, you did it. It's like a Police State, and don't let anyone kid you it would be different.

Quote by Sean Connery about police, state, contentment

I had a brother who was an attorney, so my first...

I had a brother who was an attorney, so my first intention was to go to law school. I wound up in the police department, and I loved it.

Quote by Dennis Farina about intention, police, law, school

Today's macroeconomic problems require attention to more...

Today's macroeconomic problems require attention to more fundamental forces of individual incentives and institutional rigidities.

Quote by Martin Feldstein about attention, force, problems

What's really sad is that a lot of very talented people...

What's really sad is that a lot of very talented people are being forced to do things that are very embarrassing and I don't intend to be one of them.

Quote by Boy George about being, things, people

An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to...

An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools.

Quote by Ernest Hemingway about time, man

The forces that are driving mankind toward unity and peace are deep-seated and powerful. They are material and natural, as well as moral and intellectual.

Quote by Arthur Henderson about tirany, force, peace, moral

The Peace Conference was the scene, or, shall we say, the first stage, in a tremendous struggle between the new forces, the new hopes and aspirations to which the agony of the World War had given birth, and the champions of the old order in...

Quote by Arthur Henderson about patriotism, fight, force, order, peace, war, old, olderness, world

The vast upheaval of the World War set in motion forces that will either destroy civilization or raise mankind to undreamed of heights of human welfare and prosperity.

Quote by Arthur Henderson about prosperity, destruction, civilization, force, war, human imperfections, world

I'm not against the police; I'm just afraid of them.

I'm not against the police; I'm just afraid of them.

Quote by Alfred Hitchcock about opinion, police

My dad's family was from Nuremberg, and his father had a mail order textile business. He was in Germany when it was getting pretty lousy and he was forced to sell his business to some Nazi.

Quote by Billy Joel about affair, commerce, family, order

Surely a long life must be somewhat tedious, since we are forced to call in so many trifling things to help rid us of our time, which will never return.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about help, things, time, life

The police here in San Francisco have a very difficult...

The police here in San Francisco have a very difficult job, not unlike a lot of other cities in the world.

Quote by Don Johnson about police, world

A man of action forced into a state of thought is unhappy...

A man of action forced into a state of thought is unhappy until he can get out of it.

Quote by Franz Kafka about action, state, thinking, man

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about police, fall

High speed chases will always proceed from an area of...

High speed chases will always proceed from an area of light traffic to an area of extremely heavy traffic.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about police, speed, light

The speed at which you respond to a fight call is...

The speed at which you respond to a fight call is inversely proportional to how long you've been a cop.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about police, speed, fight, contentment

Tear gas works on cops too, and regardless of wind...

Tear gas works on cops too, and regardless of wind direction, will always blow back in your face.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about police, face

If you know someone who tortures animals and wets the...

If you know someone who tortures animals and wets the bed, he is either a serial killer or he works for Internal Affairs.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about police, animals, contentment

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