Abraham Lincoln Quotes
I sincerely wish war was a pleasanter and easier business than it is, but it does not admit of holidays.Abraham Lincoln
Quotes to Explore
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We're seeing quite a lot of people who really would like a return to class-based politics.
Patricia Hewitt -
I thought Beverly Hills was a gated community. I always drove around Beverly Hills because I thought that there's a guard that was going to stop me.
Madchen Amick -
All I know is stars and hits, you know what I mean? I don't just sign a guy because he has a hot record. I sign a guy because he's a star. He's a pillar of the community.
Fat Joe -
I love and adore being a mother. It's the greatest gift I've ever been given.
Uma Thurman -
I've written many extra verses to songs that I learned to sing - an extra verse about a friend, or just add some verse - and that led to writing my own songs.
Jackson Browne -
I hate being asked how I met my husband and very personal questions like that. I don't like that. People are too nosey. Intelligent questions I like, but sometimes people ask such silly, dopey ones.
Iris Apfel
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One has to be fully committed to one's career. Otherwise, there's no point.
Lata Mangeshkar -
I am a bit prudish, I think. It's hard for me to write about sex, and I don't really care to read about it, either.
Patrick deWitt -
In Hinduism, Shiva is a deity who represents transformation. Through destruction and restoration, Shiva reminds us that endings are beginnings, and that our world is constantly undergoing a cycle of birth, death and rebirth.
Karen Salmansohn -
We say that the ICC is targeting Africans, but all of the victims in our cases in Africa are African victims.
Fatou Bensouda -
It's funny, because when I was in college, all my professors said, 'You should do comedy.' And I was like, 'No! No!' But I was able to get my foot in the door through comedy. I'm so grateful to have the opportunity to do it.
Rachael Harris -
I realized that equipment really had little to do with why I sound like the way I sound.
Pat Metheny
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Maybe one of the only things I do well: I cook like a maniac! I would be a chef if I weren't an actor.
Ian Somerhalder -
I think globalization is a great thing. And now a lot of people complain about globalization; a lot of people don't like, you know, the globalize of the concept, the idea of the results. I think the globalization is a great idea and to create a lot of jobs.
Jack Ma -
The distinction between reality and fiction in America seems like it is becoming really blurry. With its religious fanaticism, reality TV programs and fake news broadcasts being aired by the government, the States feel like they are entering the Dark Ages.
Dana Schutz -
I just love writing. It's magical, it's somewhere else to go, it's somewhere much more dreadful, somewhere much more exciting. Somewhere I feel I belong, possibly more than in the so-called real world.
Tanith Lee -
There was a door to which I found no key: There was the veil through which I might not see.
Omar Khayyam -
The struggle is so great that the triumph over fascism alone is worth the sacrifice of our lives.
Federica Montseny
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He wanted to be who he was, not the person he would become if he lost the one trait that distinguished him from everybody else, no matter how perverse that decision seemed to others.
Iain Banks -
I've been fortunate when in government to have a car at my disposal, which takes away the nightmare of getting a taxi.
David Blunkett -
I love loud music. I listen loud, and that's part of how I've learned how to do this. Record softly and play back loud and a whole other thing happens.
T Bone Burnett -
The more I know, the more sure I am I know so little. The eternal paradox.
James Clavell -
There's an album by Antonio Carlos Jobim - the album with 'The Girl From Ipanema.' That's the most seductive music ever.
Harry Connick, Jr. -
I sincerely wish war was a pleasanter and easier business than it is, but it does not admit of holidays.
Abraham Lincoln