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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Everyone enjoys doing the kind of work for which he is best suited.
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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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I pointed to an article with bold headlines reporting that the police had refused to allow the PAP to hold a rally at Empress Place, and then to the last paragraph where in small type it added the meeting would take place where we were now. I compared this with a prominent report about an SPA rally. This was flagrant bias.'
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If unconditional love and genuine enthusiasm are present, praise isn't necessary. If they're absent, praise won't help.
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I am not one of those guys who pretends not to enjoy his own work.
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Lots of business owners spend their lives trying to land the whale - the single, massive, brand-name account that will fatten the top line and bestow instant credibility. But big customers make me nervous.
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If I could only give three words of advice, they would be, 'Tell the truth.' If I got three more words, I'd add, 'All the time.'
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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.
