Abraham Lincoln Quotes
Let us hopethat by the best cultivation of the physical world, beneath and around us; and the intellectual and moral world within us, we shall secure an individual, social and political prosperity and happiness, whose course shall be onward and upward, and which, while the earth endures, shall not pass away.
Quotes to Explore
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
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Never having alone time is real tough on people.
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Men move through a much different process before commitment than women do.
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If we are to change America, we must change the United States Congress.
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There's nothing wrong with constructive criticism, and I learn from that and better myself. I'm not expecting anyone to be sycophantic in any way; I never expected that.
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There can be no defence like elaborate courtesy.
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I really enjoy being a dad, and maybe I took it too seriously, but I love being around my kids.
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Don't be surprised if you find me doing some charity work in another country.
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Whether our forebears were strangers who crossed the Atlantic or the Pacific or the Rio Grande, we are here only because this country welcomed them in and taught them that to be an American is about something more than what we look like, or what our last names are, or how we worship.
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The moral argument is that we give big business a huge tax break, and why do we do it? To get their jobs.
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We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.
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We're going to test with the same car, but we have a new car ready.
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Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.
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I investigated post-traumatic stress disorder. I've been to a unit where people are suffering from it, and I read a lot of literature. I looked at footage of soldiers in the combat zone. I found 'Restrepo' to be unbelievably useful.
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Both my parents had heart problems: my mother had type 2 diabetes, and my father had a stroke.
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I never considered myself a movie star, and I didn't want to become a movie star, because as soon as you do, you throw away that possibility of playing character. You really do. All of a sudden you're just an entity, you know?
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I made a decision when I was in school that I'd have a lot of male friends.
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Editing is the only process. The shooting is the pleasant work. The editing makes the movie, so I spend all my life in editing.
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The fact that so many successful politicians are such shameless liars is not only a reflection on them, it is also a reflection on us. When the people want the impossible, only liars can satisfy.
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Start your diet during a period of optimism and happiness.
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Ultimately there is no happiness in a world in which things are not as good as they can be.
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How hard it is to make an Englishman acknowledge that he is happy! Pendennis. Book ii. Chap. xxxi.
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Detest it [a certain difficult mathematics problem] just as much as lewd intercourse; it can deprive you of all your leisure, your health, your rest, and the whole happiness of your life.
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Let us hopethat by the best cultivation of the physical world, beneath and around us; and the intellectual and moral world within us, we shall secure an individual, social and political prosperity and happiness, whose course shall be onward and upward, and which, while the earth endures, shall not pass away.
