Abraham Lincoln Quotes
Quarrel not at all. No man resolved to make the most of himself can spare time for personal contention.
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I got to do the movie, and people who enjoyed 'The Birdcage' came out to see me on stage when I did 'Forum.' It introduced me to a whole new audience that wasn't familiar with my stage work.
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Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the best of our nature.
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A film is made in somebody's head - out of their determination to do it at all.
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When I do a character, I try to base it on someone I have met or an experience I've had.
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An MC is somebody who can control the crowd. An MC is a master of ceremonies so not only can you say your rap, you can rock the party.
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There's a lot more to me than just power.
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Marriage has always been a state and local issue.
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I don't know if foreigners will take to my novels or not. It may be that my books appeal only to a particular gender or age group rather than convey a more universal appeal.
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I could go out to five parties a day if I wanted to. I don't. I have attachments to my wife and kids - and about 20 pieces of art.
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Ever since Romanticism, an oppositional mode, artists have the right, and indeed the duty, to attack social convention. But it is ridiculous and in fact self-infantilizing for them to expect to be financially supported by the general public whom they are insulting.
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The only way not to think about money is to have a great deal of it.
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Leaders cannot work in a vacuum. They may take on larger, seemingly more important roles in an organization, but this does not exclude them from asking for and using feedback. In fact, a leader arguably needs feedback more so than anyone else. It's what helps a leader respond appropriately to events in pursuit of successful outcomes.
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Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.
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I feel fine about getting older because I'm in good shape. I'm 64 and I feel good.
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If I'm not writing well, I'm not happy. If I'm not spending enough time with my family, I'm not happy. If I'm not connecting to friends or if I don't work out enough... You get the point. Everything has to be balanced. Nothing should be an extreme.
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Effective preaching starts with loving the people we're preaching to.
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Wouldn't it be grand if we thought that theater could have that impact on the political life of a country?
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You've never seen a Columbine done by a black child. Never. They always say, 'We can't believe it happened here. We can't believe it's these suburban white kids.' It's only them!
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I've been around for such a long time. My first hit record was over 20 years ago and the people who bought my records then are married now and they probably still play these records and their children like them.
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My father passed away a few days before my election. This man, an African American born to a poor single mother in 1936 in the South, would worry in the last years of his life that he had better life chances when he was growing up than a young man born in the same circumstances would have today.
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O man you are busy working for the world, and the world is busy trying to turn you out.
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I like writing about teenagers because it's a time of great change and conflict. Up to then, you accept what your parents tell you.
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I want to see thirst In the syllables, Tough fire In the sound; Feel through the dark For the scream.
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Quarrel not at all. No man resolved to make the most of himself can spare time for personal contention.
