Abraham Lincoln Quotes
If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem.
Quotes to Explore
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I don't really know why I care so much. I just have something inside me that tells me that there is a problem, and I have got to do something about it. I think that is what I would call the God in me.
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It was kind of easier for me to do records that didn't take a year or two years of my life to write and to make.
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I think we have a real obligation when we do have animals in captivity to understand their needs and to care for them as well as we can.
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I've been busy for years, buying land, often under pseudonyms, and planting trees on it. All the money is going into it when I die - and in the end I'd like to think that it will be 20 to 30,000 acres.
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The real challenge is if you don't look super sexy, like a Brad Pitt, you're going to have to try harder. You're going to have to make up for it in other ways.
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I know my corn plants intimately, and I find it a great pleasure to know them.
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In the Muslim world, there are many people who have been vocal and we have been very vocal against extremists. But how to win this battle is an ongoing battle. And we must continue to wage the battle for peace.
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I like to spoof the original Gothic classics, so there is also good dose of comedy in the 'Parasol Protectorate' - giggling readers are good.
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I read people; that's one of my strengths. It's not that I can't be fooled, but I'm not fooled often.
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I like nicotine because it excites my brain and helps me work.
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He has the finest, fundamentally sound golf swing I've ever seen.
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Winners do what losers don't want to do.
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The secrets of slavery are concealed like those of the Inquisition.
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Sometimes new voices have the most spectacular vision. It is uncluttered and organic.
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Responding to terrorism inevitably implies military consequences. This may shock some people, but these groups must also be dealt with on a military footing. I won't use the word 'combat' to avoid being painted as a crusader.
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Don't get me wrong, I love watching episodes of my favorite shows on Hulu and reading the daily trash on PageSix, but I also embrace the opportunity to settle down with a good book and let my mind travel to another place and time.
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I'm not as thrilled with myself as I used to be.
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A person is born with desires of the eyes and ears, and a liking for beautiful sights and sounds. If he gives way to them, they will lead him to immorality and lack of restriction, and any ritual principles and propriety will be abandoned.
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You feel the music needs something but you don't know what. So you start searching, fitting, measuring, trying. Every time you try another angle. And sometimes that's frustrating, especially if you don't come up with something for three days.
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If the artist only reproduces superficial features as photography does, if he copies the lineaments of a face exactly, without reference to character, he deserves no admiration. The resemblance which he ought to obtain is that of the soul; that alone matters; it is that which the sculptor or painter should seek beneath the mask of features.
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I think maybe Mr. Sinise and Mr. Bacon have slightly bigger egos than I do.
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I had never come across the 'X-Men' comics till I was asked to play Magneto, so I just jumped into that job.
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If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem.
