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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Against destiny I fulfilled my duty . Uselessly? No, for I fulfilled it.
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But that's a side effect of alcohol, isn't it? Stopping to think about other people is not on the bar menu.
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Height has been very, very central to the development of my personality.
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Never make a principle out of your experience. Allow God to be as creative with others as He is with you.
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In the digital age, it is easier than ever to publish false information, which is quickly shared and taken to be true - as we often see in emergency situations, when news is breaking in real time.
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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.
