Douglas Brinkley Quotes
President Abraham Lincoln never lost his ardor for the United States to remain united during the Civil War.
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When I was growing up, we never had much money. My parents were divorced young, but I was always surrounded by loving individuals. They couldn't give us riches, but they gave us their stories, their hearts, and their time.
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I build community. However, I do it wearing a number of hats.
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I know firsthand the complexities of leading an enterprise through business and technology transformation. It takes intense focus, a strong drive, and a clearly communicated vision to inspire and take an organization from where they are, to where they need to be - or where they want to go.
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People are entitled to the presumption of innocence.
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It gets very tiring when you are filming and then taken to a room to do school work. I never get any rest time. It is either work or school. Once you are an adult, you get to take a nap in between shots.
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Of course, my interests and my focus change and become more diverse, more worldly. At the same time, I am interested in the simple basics, which is I love to dance and I love to make people dance.
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Well, you know, I've had a very checkered career.
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Blues is a tonic for whatever ails you. I could play the blues and then not be blue anymore.
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Youth doesn't need friends - it only needs crowds.
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The thing that's good about music-making software like the DAW-kinda systems is that they're all generally the same; the kind of interface is normally laid out in a similar way. Depending on the program, the sounds might be quite different, but they tend to all have a drum machine or synthesizer or a sampler.
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I played didgeridoo from a young age - on the vacuum cleaner, initially.
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My father was a teacher, and there were teachers all around, his friends, they were working for the Government and their behaviour was within strictly limited areas.
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Drink warm water with lemon first thing in the morning. It's a good way to detox and alkalize your body.
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I wouldn't do a film like 'The Dirty Picture.' I have a husband and kids, and I won't be able to do justice to such a role. You need a certain mentality and ease to carry such a character.
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You know, my faith is one that admits some doubt.
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What you wear onstage is a reflection of your artistry.
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I don't have any ill will or ill thought towards anybody.
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I kinda went through a semi-depression. Honestly. Like, I lost myself.
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There is a group within the SLFP who abuse that freedom and democracy. They go on instigating people and rousing racism. Many of those who held leading positions of the SLFP sometime back are supporting that campaign. Disciplinary action should be taken immediately against them.
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Free people, remember this maxim: we may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if it is once lost.
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In every war, there's looting.
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What is beauty, anyway? It's more than something pleasant looking. If it doesn't stop us in our tracks and make us unable to move for a moment, unable to put into words what's closing off the breath in our throats, then maybe it's pretty, but it probably isn't beauty.
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I know it's a cliche, but I see myself as a citizen of the world. I was brought up in Switzerland by German and Turkish parents but I've very much grown up in San Francisco. I have a European sense of aesthetic, but I'm also deeply steeped in the notion of change and entrepreneurship that is associated with Silicon Valley.
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President Abraham Lincoln never lost his ardor for the United States to remain united during the Civil War.
