Abraham Lincoln Quotes
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The thing about influence is that any composer worth anything will give you the same names.
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I've stopped reading about the death of books because it's wasteful and morbid and insulting to the authors, agents, publishers, booksellers, critics, and readers that keep the world community of fiction interesting.
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Once you're signed to a label you compromise.
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My desire to be an artist really came out of being broke and unemployed and incapable of holding a job down. That's what it was driven by for sure.
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People first concern themselves with meeting their basic needs; only afterwards, do they pursue any higher needs.
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I want to see one of my products being taken by people across the world. I want to see them improving and leading a better life. It's like playing God.
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We pay taxes, and we help the city coffers.
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I hope that people look at my whole career and appreciate that I've given everything that I've got.
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I've never tried to be something I'm not.
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Start every day off with a smile and get it over with.
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I write music every day.
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I would give no thought of what the world might say of me, if I could only transmit to posterity the reputation of an honest man.
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People still think of me as a cartoonist, but the only thing I lift a pen or pencil for these days is to sign a contract, a check, or an autograph.
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As a real estate investor, you're ultimately accountable to you and your checkbook. Of course, you will need to stay on top of your local coding regulations and ordinances. But once you get the hang of it, you really shouldn't have any problems with ordinances.
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I've never been someone who needs a lot of takes or enjoys a lot of takes. I like the fast thing of it.
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By now, you've probably caught on to something: my mother is always standing by with just the right Scripture or inspirational saying to get me through any tough situation.
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You can oppose reparations all you want, but you got to know the facts. You really, really do.
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There are no accidents in this world, that no living being is seduced into an entanglement that he did not invite with his innermost desires. Would you agree with my estimation?
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I fought the best; I've never been afraid of anyone.
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Everyone said, 'Well, you're very old for a first novel,' and I said, 'How do you write when you haven't lived? How do you write when you have no experience? How do you write straight out of university?'
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We live as though there aren't enough hours in the day, but if we do each thing calmly and carefully we will get it done quicker and with much less stress.
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My politics were really radical when I was younger, and then I moderated like everyone else does when they start having kids.
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Some day I shall be President.
