John George Nicolay Quotes
Nobody understood better than Mr. Lincoln the obvious truth that in politics it does not suffice merely to nominate candidates. Something must also be done to elect them.
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You can be anything. You could be the President of the United States or the inventor of the next Internet or a ninja cardio-thoracic surgeon poet, which would be awesome because you would be the first one.
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Of all Iraq's rocket scientists, none drew warier scrutiny abroad than Modher Sadeq-Saba Tamimi.
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Relationships can be very traumatic. But being in a healthy relationship can be very empowering.
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You can take the boy out of Bombay; you can't take Bombay out of the boy, you know.
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Real Madrid is the most important thing that happened to me, both as a footballer and as a person.
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There are 309 million people out there that are trying to improve their lot in life. And we've got a system that allows them to do it.
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I like what it is to sing, or to be with the others singing, to make music, but the fuss and all the things that are the exterior part of a career, has never interested me.
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God, I can push the grass apart and lay my finger on Thy heart.
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You think you choose the subjects of your books. But sometimes, in ways you don't know, the books choose you.
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Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.
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Twitter is all about user experience - the fact that it is so easy, so clean, so unencumbered has won it so many users and fans, for so many different reasons.
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You have had indeed a fair trial. It is a shocking thing when a judge of your high office is shown to have betrayed the truth and his honor, and I sentence you to the penitentiary.
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Sometimes I will make CliffsNotes of my CliffsNotes.
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I was 12 when it really hit me. I did children's theatre camp during the summers and played a fairy in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.' The next summer, I played Clytemnestra in 'Agamemnon' and I was like, 'OK, this is amazing.'
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I think people are frightened of women making big decisions.
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I always felt that anorexia was the form of breakdown most readily available to adolescent girls.
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To be the outsider is actually a great thing in England.
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All of the very important events in my life happen by chance.
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My Pleasure is my business
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One thing I detest most about the financial press is the lack of accountability. All sorts of nonsense is said without penalty.
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I'm fairly in control and I don't like to flirt particularly. I mean, obviously if I meet someone who I think is hot, of course I'll want to flirt with him, But in general I don't use it in day-to-day life.
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I tell folks when I walk into a room, when I leave, you may not like me - you may not agree with me - but by golly, you will not misunderstand where I am. I get things done.
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The human condition can be summed up in a drop of blood. Show me a teaspoon of blood and I will reveal to thee the ineffable nature of the cosmos, naked and squirming. Squirming. Funny how the truth always seems to do that when you shine a light on it.
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Nobody understood better than Mr. Lincoln the obvious truth that in politics it does not suffice merely to nominate candidates. Something must also be done to elect them.
