Abraham Lincoln Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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I did not set out to convert anyone to Christianity.
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I wish I sang better.
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If most American cities are about the consumption of culture, Los Angeles and New York are about the production of culture - not only national culture but global culture.
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I don't think anyone has qualms in saying victory to the people of India. But when a political party appropriates such a slogan and says this is the definition of patriotism, those who say it are patriotic and those who don't are not patriotic, then I reject that definition.
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The focus of Congress is on keeping the nation secure - and it doesn't see that food security is an essential part of that responsibility. Instead of putting more food on the tables of America, they are busy finding ways to take it away.
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I've never felt fallow in the sense that there's been no work.
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Beetroot is a great salad ingredient, especially when still warm; the colour ain't bad, either.
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From day one, I've always tried to be an honest man. I ran for Congress to make a difference and not to just be another politician.
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I like touring extensively because I think the more hours you spend onstage, the more you know who you are onstage.
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I don't think many people get to play big emotions in life.
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I've not actually been on too many dates.
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If I had the choice of knowing the truth or searching for the truth, I'd take the search.
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There has been a lot of self-doubt and unwelcome events in my life.
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But when I first fell in love with the piano, I knew it was me. I was dying to play.
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The key to community is the acceptance, in fact the celebration of our individual and cultural differences. It is also the key to world peace
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The reason I so rarely break promises to other people? It breaks trust. Without trust, there's no relationship.
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People just want to know that they matter.
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We'll free every slave in every town and region. Can anybody get a bigger army than that?
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[I]t is well to have as many holds upon happiness as possible.
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There are certain things which are lost by being kept and saved by being used. Any individual talent is like that. If it is used, it will develop into something still greater. If someone refuses to use it, in the end that talent will be lost. Supremely so, life is like that.
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If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it.
