The only reason I would write a sequel is if I were struck by an idea that I felt to be equal to the original. Too many sequels diminish the original. – Dean Koontz
In Indiana, gays and lesbians can be fired from their jobs with impunity, and in Arkansas, it’s the same thing. We need those protective laws to truly have an equal society. – George Takei
If it is true that there is always more than one way of construing a text, it is not true that all interpretations are equal. – Paul Ricoeur
Our work to provide equal opportunities for all Americans should be a year-round mission. – Nick Rahall
No, no, no separate but equal… never the twain shall meet. And the pendulum kept swinging and it came to rest in the bastard hybrid known as the Daily Show. – Mo Rocca
In some instances, I would say the writer does deserve equal billing with the director. In other instances the director – especially if he wrote part of the script himself – is clearly more the author of the movie. – Mark Romanek
Governors, all things being equal, I’d rather have a governor in the White House than somebody that’s not had that experience. – Matt Mead
A merchant is someone who figures out how to select, how to smell, how to identify, how to feel, how to time, how to buy, how to sell, and how to hopefully have two plus two equal six. – Mickey Drexler
Nations, like individuals in a state of nature, are equal and independent, possessing certain rights and owing certain duties to each other. – Millard Fillmore
Every man, when he comes to be sensible of his natural rights, and to feel his own importance, will consider himself as fully equal to any other person whatever. – Joseph Priestley
This kind of prelude was succeeded by the concerto itself which he executed with a degree of spirit and firmness that no one has ever pretended to equal. – John Hawkins
We got to make sure that the Democratic Party is not just Democratic, but seen to be Democratic. That means we got to have systems in place that makes sure that everybody who participates in a primary is perceived to have an equal shot with everybody else. – Keith Ellison
The bells will ring and the marriages will begin. And it’s a great day in our state for equal protection under the law for all people. – Kamala Harris After U.S. Supreme Court ruling, which cleared way for gay marriages to resume in California.
The cheeky ideal I am calling for is that Muslims should be viewed as equal citizens, nothing more and nothing less. – Maajid Nawaz
International socialism recognizes the right of free independent nations, with equal rights. – Karl Liebknecht
We who are liberal and progressive know that the poor are our equals in every sense except that of being equal to us. – Lionel Trilling
The franchise itself gives no real power, unless accompanied by the right on the part of all the possessors of it to elect something like an equal number of representatives. – John Bright
There were 23 or 24 separate tax cuts during the Giuliani administration. I’d love to be able to equal that. – Joe Lhota
Since the ousting and capture of Saddam Hussein by U.S. forces, civil rights and personal freedoms have been restored in Iraq, as well as equal rights to all, not just to Saddam’s entourage of terrorists. – Jim Gerlach
To me all men are equal: there are jackasses everywhere, and I have the same contempt for them all. – Karl Kraus
