Abraham Lincoln Quotes
There may sometimes be ungenerous attempts to keep a young man down; and they will succeed, too, if he allows his mind to be diverted from its true channel to brood over the attempted injury.
Quotes to Explore
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Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right.
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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I can't speak for readers in general, but personally I like to read stories behind which there is some truth, something real and above all, something emotional. I don't like to read essays on literature; I don't like to read critical or rational or impersonal or cold disquisitions on subjects.
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Every man prefers to look at a well-shaped woman instead of a rubber ball.
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It's never as easy to keep your own spouse happy as it is to make someone else's spouse happy.
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I was very shy and reserved, so it was a bit contradictory to get into politics.
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And also, it's sort of my job to make you believe things about him that aren't true about me.
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It was a pleasure to meet President Obama and Michelle. I'm not a political person, but I admire what he has done.
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Too often, I've put my career and helping others ahead of my own needs.
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I've never read for a movie, I've always been given them.
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You get to a point where you really can't manage more artists, because representing artists takes a lot of time.
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Lester is the Rock of Gibraltar. Nothing can rattle him. I am not. I was always flying off the handle about things. And the one person who could calm me down and make me realize that none of this silliness mattered was Lester Holt.
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Oh I've done bungee jumping. Skydiving, I have motorcycles that I ride. I'm a little bit of an adrenaline junkie in that way.
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It's interesting because I think class is a heavy, heavy part of 'Moonlight,' and I think, in a certain way, through the sum of all these parts, it's become a commentary on the black experience in America.
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At the end of the day, you can't have a vision; you have to have a hope. This is where the miracle comes in.
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I've never rejected the world I came from. To be rejected by it is horrible.
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A lot of people I make music with are really talented and it doesn't stop at one instrument.
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You cannot make peace with terrorists. The normal dividing lines between war and peace do not apply.
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Life is like a ten speed bicycle. Most of us have gears we never use.
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That's what kept us going - a sense of absurdity, rather than humor.
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The laws of morals and the laws of music are the same.
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'To hell with the handkerchief,' said Walter Mitty scornfully. He took one last drag on his cigarette and snapped it away. Then, with that faint, fleeting smile playing about his lips, he faced the firing squad; erect and motionless, proud and disdainful, Walter Mitty the Undefeated, inscrutable to the last.
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I have always loved science fiction. One of my favorite shows is 'Star Trek.' I like the trips, where it drops my mind off, because they give you a premise and all of a sudden, you say, 'Oh!' and I'm fascinated by it.
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There may sometimes be ungenerous attempts to keep a young man down; and they will succeed, too, if he allows his mind to be diverted from its true channel to brood over the attempted injury.
