Abraham Lincoln Quotes
To give victory to the right, not bloody bullets, but peaceful ballots only, are necessary.
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To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.
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I write really scathing, angry stuff when I'm in a better mood, and then uplifting and happy stuff when I'm at the absolute bottom.
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I've met people who didn't even know there was a Calvin Klein; they thought it was just the name of a product.
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Reverence is fatal to literature.
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There's a need to keep the history of an artform going, parallel with the new work that's being done.
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I played Winnie Cooper on 'The Wonder Years' from ages 12-18, and did a few other movies during some of the summers.
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I really don't have a type. I never had a type. If I could put them all together, it's, like, the most different grouping. So I love when guys are funny. I love guys that are funny and goofy and over the top. And you know, I really like personality.
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Religious fundamentalists in Bangladesh have always argued for a ban on my books.
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Actually, I'm not a gym rat. I'm not a gym person - I've never been. I've always been blessed to be thin. If I'm waiting for the kettle to boil, I'm doing 15 lunges.
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The potential for regional conflict in the absence of an internationally active America is real.
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As I went to college, I went into radio and television. Now I suppose most people think that's one step ahead of basket weaving as a major in college, but it was part of the journalism department.
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I love all kinds of music. My dad's from London, so he loves David Bowie, the Stones, The Clash. I grew up with that influence while loving poetry and loving all kinds of current music.
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I was the kid who never won the races... I wasn't on the list of the high-achieving.
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I used to be able to think. My brain's circuits were all connected, and I had spark, a quickness of mind that let me function well in the world.
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My career is an open book, but my life is not.
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I don't know anything about music.
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There is inspiration all around us.
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We can quiet our minds enough to tune in to what our bodies are telling us - I believe in angels - and we need to listen to the messages being sent. They are real messages - just as real as a human saying something to you.
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It really has become the singular motivation in my life - to surrender to the art and to the free expression of what I may be experiencing in my life spiritually. It is really hard in the face of people who don't get it, but what do you do?
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Adaptation to one's environment makes for a sort of survival; but after all, the supreme victory is only won by those who prove themselves of so much hardier stuff than the rest that no power on earth is able to destroy them. The people who have really made history are the martyrs.
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Women must be full partners in development, so they can lift themselves and their communities out of poverty.
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To give victory to the right, not bloody bullets, but peaceful ballots only, are necessary.
