John George Nicolay Quotes
The meetings of the legislature at Springfield then first brought together that splendid group of young men of genius whose phenomenal careers and distinguished services have given Illinois fame in the history of the nation.
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You can understand why good publicists go on to run distribution companies: because the creativity involved is complex and nuanced.
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I wish I'd gone to music school or just started playing in bands sooner.
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Brands mature over time, like a marriage. The bond you feel with your spouse is different than when you first met each other. Excitement and discovery are replaced by comfort and depth.
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I drive a car, like an adult. Not brilliantly. I'm not great.
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In a few decades, the relationship between the environment, resources and conflict may seem almost as obvious as the connection we see today between human rights, democracy and peace.
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I suffer the mortification of seeing myself attacked right and left by people at home professing patriotism and love of country who never heard the whistle of a hostile bullet. I pity them and the nation dependent on such for its existence. I am thankful, however that, though such people make a great noise, the masses are not like them.
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The field of the novel is very rich. If you're a composer, you're well aware of the history of composition, and you are trying to make your music part of that history. You're not ahistorical. In the same way, I think, if you write now, you are writing in the historical context of what the novel has been and what possibilities it has revealed.
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I am obsessed with the whole Victoriana thing, the whole Jack the Ripper London era, the grayness of it, the haunted feeling of it, all ancient and bloody.
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The moment there is suspicion about a person's motives, everything he does becomes tainted.
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I do feel like there's a level of ridiculousness going on in electronic music... It's getting borderline absurd out there.
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We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know.
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Comic books aren't nerdy. You'd have to be an idiot to think computers are nerdy.
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There is no debate that social media is a great tool for networking with others in our industry. It can lead to friendships, support, and serendipitous connections with reviewers, agents, reporters, or editors.
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We set up a situation and let you interact with it and see the consequences of your choice. That's what gaming does.
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People like music when they're in love, but they don't need it as much. You need music when you're missing someone or you're pining for someone or you're forgetting someone or you're trying to process what just happened.
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Sorry, no, I'm never satisfied with my drumming.
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Learning about factory farms and their horrendous treatment of animals is what made me become vegetarian in the first place. I also support the education of the public on adopting pets from animal shelters or saving homeless animals off the street in lieu of buying them from pet shops.
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Each member of the band has varied influences, and the same diversity is reflected in our fanbase.
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So the tradition from Europe is that you're supposed to emphasize the mind over the body, so you sing from a very kind of staid perspective. Again, there are charismatic white congregations all over, and they don't sing that way. But, you know, on the average.
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I was who I was in high school in accordance with the rules of conduct for a normal person, like obeying your mom and dad. Then I got out of high school and moved out of the house, and I just started, for lack of a better term, running free.
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The first acting I ever did was an Italian commercial. Once I did that, I said, 'this acting thing is awesome.'
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When the going gets tough, the tough get an uzi.
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Man usually avoids attributing cleverness to somebody else-unless it is an enemy.
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The meetings of the legislature at Springfield then first brought together that splendid group of young men of genius whose phenomenal careers and distinguished services have given Illinois fame in the history of the nation.
