Abraham Lincoln Quotes
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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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American politics are normally a result of pragmatic and not philosophical reasoning. No one in Washington has said we now prefer multilateralism.
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Hispanic gives us all one ultimate paternal cultural progenitor: Spain. The diverse cultures already on the American shores when the Europeans arrived, as well as those introduced because of the African slave trade, are completely obliterated by the term. Hispanic is nothing more than a concession made by the U. S. legislature when they saw they couldn't get rid of us. If we won't go away, why not at least Europeanize us, make us presentable guests at the dinner table, take away our feathers and rattles and civilize us once and for all.
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In patients with histories of incest, the proportion of RA cells that are ready to pounce is larger than normal. This makes the immune system oversensitive to threat, so that it is prone to mount a defense when none is needed, even when this means attacking the body’s own cells. Our study showed that, on a deep level, the bodies of incest victims have trouble distinguishing between danger and safety. This means that the imprint of past trauma does not consist only of distorted perceptions of information coming from the outside; the organism itself also has a problem knowing how to feel safe.
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Giving is only one-half of the law of increase. Receiving is the other half. We can give and give but we may unbalance the law unless we also expect to receive.
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The market is now looking for some further rate hikes in the U.S. and that is going to keep the dollar supported in the near-term.
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If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it.
