Abraham Lincoln Quotes
The strongest bond of human sympathy outside the family relation should be one uniting working people of all nations and tongues and kindreds.
Quotes to Explore
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I didn't care what, how much adversity life threw at me. I intended to get to the top.
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I'm the most Colombian of the Colombians, even though I've lived 47 years outside of Colombia. I've lived 13 years in New York, and I never did a painting about New York. I've lived in France more than 30 years, and I've never painted Paris.
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Any job very well done that has been carried out by a person who is fully dedicated is always a source of inspiration.
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Any time there's a scandal, we always try and get involved.
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We are in favor of greater free markets.
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The girl-next-door image is a sort of joke; for years, I couldn't get any roles other than as somebody dark.
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Life is an adventure, it's not a package tour.
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You'll never see me with a precision flick of eyeliner. Messy eyeliner became my thing by accident rather than design. If you can't get it straight, then just work it in around your eyes.
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It's like the brooding hen sitting over a china egg.
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We don't normally think of it as such, but writing is a technology.
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IQ in general has improved since tests first began. Psychologists think that this is because modern life becomes ever more complicated.
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Only free people have an incentive to be virtuous. Only people who bear the consequences of their own acts will care about those consequences and try to learn from their mistakes.
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The moral is that a career can be gone in an instant. And all you have in this world are the people you love.
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I've had a few conversations with people who are horrified: who tell me my work is demeaning, is sexist, is negative.
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Improving oversight of hedge funds and other private funds is vital to their sustainability and to our economy's stability.
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We're sad about some of the losses of members of great seniority and distinction in the Congress, and some very new members, who will no longer be serving with us.
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You were born as the one you are.
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If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much.
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When I went to school, there were no Black philosophers, at least none that I was aware of, who were recognized by Western universities.
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My biggest regret? Not being knighted by the Queen. I should have been a knight, and I would have been knighted, if I hadn't written one horrible horrible Python sketch which I deeply deeply regret - cue Python sketch: 'Upper Class Twit of the Year'
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Precisely because we do not communicate by singing, a song can be out of place but not out of character; it is just as credible that a stupid person should sing beautifully as that a clever person should do so.
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I set out to destroy socialism because I felt it was at odds with the character of the people. We were the first country in the world to roll back the frontiers of socialism, then roll forward the frontiers of freedom. We reclaimed our heritage; we are renewing it and carrying it forward.
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I love knowing and learning about people around the world displaying my art online. Also, it's how I learn about new artists that are in various parts of the world. The positive thing about Tumblr and Instagram is that they're a fantastic platform for art lovers. I also like, when I search for my art and it says, "see also or related artists," and I see those other artists that relate to me, at least according to the internet. I think it's fascinating - it's interesting to see hashtags people are using in relation to my work. It's another tool of communication.
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The strongest bond of human sympathy outside the family relation should be one uniting working people of all nations and tongues and kindreds.
