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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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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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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There aren't that many things left that haven't already been done, especially with music. I'm interested in ideas that can shake us all up.
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My mom was on welfare and the occasional food stamp, but I have never participated in any of those governmental programs, even the ones that kind of work like education, scholarships and whatever, and I managed to do just fine.
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You know, I'm from the Midwest, man - that shapes my personality much more than having gone to Harvard.
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Vegetarianism is an act of the imagination. It reflects an ability to imagine alternatives to the texts of meat.
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Tell me what's wrong with this idea: If you're selling to somebody, find someone like that person to sell to them. If you're trying to reach swing voters, if you're trying to reach people on the fence, if you're trying to reach Republicans who are unsure about this candidate... get people who switched! Get people who are registered Republicans. Get people who were George Bush voters who can't bring themselves to do it again. Talk to them, get them to explain what their reasons are, and show them to people. What's wrong with this idea?!
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The best mind-altering drug is truth.
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I always make music that is true to my spirit.
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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.
