Abraham Lincoln Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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The mystery of existence is the connection between our faults and our misfortunes.
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It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact.
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It's not just the actor in front of the camera. And it's important to have respect for all those people that work behind the camera.
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When I look back at where I came from, at the school I attended... my classmates for the most part haven't had successful paths - many have had a difficult, chaotic path.
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E-Verify is a very commonsense reform that we can implement here in the state of Florida. I think I share a lot of Floridians' frustration that it didn't pass and a lot of the politics that were taking place behind the scenes.
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I do want to lose weight for my children. I don't want them to think being fat is okay.
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Only those ignorant of what poetry means will ask the question: what is it good for?
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It seems that fighting is a game where everybody is the loser.
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The mind is exercised by the variety and multiplicity of the subject matter, while the character is moulded by the contemplation of virtue and vice.
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We show our faces to demand human rights for everyone, everywhere.
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I am a very loyal man and always keep my promises when I commit to something.
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I am busier now than I ever imagined I would be, but I feel blessed in that I have found what I am supposed to be doing with my life. It's wonderful to tell stories and have people listen to them.
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I learned that five- and-six-year-old kids have already figured out how to be intolerant.
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I had a friend where it turned out that she hated my guts, all through our friendship. I thought she was my best friend, and then, in high school, she turned on me and had sordid affairs with all of the people that I'd dated. It was less hurtful because I was in high school, so it was more like, 'What's wrong with you? Gross!'
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A man can make himself put down what comes, even if it seems nauseating nonsense; tomorrow some of it may not seem wholly nonsense at all.
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It is psychological law that whatever we desire to accomplish we must impress upon the subjective or subconscious mind.
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Remember, either you control your money or it will control you.
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I think I have a strange relationship with time. I'm not really aware of that time passing. I don't feel that I'm wasteful with time. But I'm not aware of it passing.
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I'd love to do something with Kelly Clarkson because she's been a monumental influence on me. I love how she handles her celebrity. She's not in the tabloids a lot but everyone knows and respects her because she's got an amazing voice. That's something I aim towards.
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I tell people that stand-up's like golf: you gotta do it every day to get it down - or at least three times a week to get it down.
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Trust me, the only real way to understand 'Chic' is in highfalutin terms. Our chord progressions were based on European modal melodies. I made those early 'Chic' records to impress my jazz friends.
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When Jesus calls his disciples 'brothers' and 'friends', he is contradicting general Jewish usage and breaking through into a new concept of brotherhood which is not tribal, but open to any person.
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My best friends are books, I can easily read them and take them wherever I go.
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Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?
