Abraham Lincoln Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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Do not call for black power or green power. Call for brain power.
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Remember, either you control your money or it will control you.
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It has been wisely observed by the greatest of modern thinkers that mankind has progressed more rapidly in every other respect than in morality.
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But the issue is not only life and death but our existence before God and our being judged by him. All of us were sinners before him and worthy of condemnation.
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I was very fortunate when I was little - I played basketball. You really absolutely learn how to be a team player, how to win a game, to accomplish things, not just for yourself.
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Our responsibility is to rally and lead the whole party and the Chinese people of all ethnic groups, take up this historic baton and continue working hard for the great renewal of the Chinese nation, so that we will stand rock firm in the family of nations and make fresh and greater contribution to mankind.
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Friendship is one of our most treasured relationships, but it isn't codified and celebrated; it's never going to give you a party.
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When you ask people, 'What's the opposite of fragile?,' they tend to say robust, resilient, adaptable, solid, strong. That's not it. The opposite of fragile is something that gains from disorder.
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I think Picasso is more feminine than Matisse.
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I'm the last of the truly tacky women. I do trash with flash and sleaze with ease.
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I don't think our Beat Generation would even be known as that, had it not been for Ginsberg. You might say he put that whole concept together. Without it, we might have been known, but only as individuals. Separate, great writers, scattered across the landscape.
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When I was a boy I was my father.
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If you paint the leaf on a tree without using a model, your imagination will only supply you with a few leaves; but Nature offers you millions, all on the same tree. No two leaves are exactly the same. The artist who paints only what is in his mind must very soon repeat himself.
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Reactive arthritis is something I've been dealing with for nearly a year.
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That old boot-camp process. It was two weeks, but it felt like six months.
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Since I train instinctively and listen to my body, I have no set routine. I very much train by feel.
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Your attitude toward the word of God is your attitude toward Jesus (Ps 37:4).
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I think growing up in a big family taught me a lot of problem solving and how to share and compromise, and that's been helpful in my marriage.
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I had been in Chicago for 22 years, and my wife and I didn't want to see another Chicago winter. Its a wonderful town but the winters are brutal. My wife and I are both east coast people and we wanted to live someplace a little bit warmer but didn't want to live way down south. So Delaware seemed like a good compromise.
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Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can.
