Abraham Lincoln Quotes
Biographies, as generally written, are not only misleading but false... In most instances, they commemorate a lie and cheat posterity out of the truth.
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We used the Western style to express our own themes and stories. But don't forget that our heritage includes The Thousand and One Nights.
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Teaching is a very noble profession that shapes the character, caliber, and future of an individual. If the people remember me as a good teacher, that will be the biggest honour for me.
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I don't care tuppence whether I'm forced into a leadership position or not. I'd much sooner not.
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If I'm daring at all, I guess it would be emotionally. I try to keep things interesting for myself and to do things that challenge me.
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It took me just three months to pick up Hindi. I guess I'm a fast learner when it comes to languages.
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You never know how long a player has left, especially with strikers. Once you turn 30, as a striker, you are usually on the way down, and playing from the age of 16, at such a high level, has to take its toll.
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Why is it that a large majority of Hindus do not inter-dine and do not inter-marry? Why is it that your cause is not popular? There can be only one answer to this question, and it is that inter-dining and inter-marriage are repugnant to the beliefs and dogmas which the Hindus regard as sacred.
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The one snack I really love is YoCrunch yogurt. It's like an apple pie in a cup! You have your apples on the bottom, your yogurt in the middle, and piecrust crumbs on top.
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If there is no criticism, you become lazy. But it should be constructive, and it should be the truth. If it's biased and there's no truth in it, then I don't care about it. If it's true, it helps me grow.
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If I don't train enough, of course I'm nervous.
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This world is too hard for me to leave my kids, without me supervising and being there for them.
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But I don't like to, tell people how old I am. I like that to be a mystery.
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Sometimes I will make CliffsNotes of my CliffsNotes.
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Yancy is actually a Native-American name, but I'm Irish. Go figure.
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When we set out our original program from the beginning, obviously our markets were pretty limited, and we were thinking about them mostly as U.S. shows, and they would travel like other U.S. shows have.
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She discovered with great delight that one does not love one's children just because they are one's children but because of the friendship formed while raising them.
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When it is important for you to say something and you find a vehicle to say it, then go for it. It is so rare when that happens so I think every minute spent fighting for it is always worth it. Even if nothing ends up happening, it's still worth the fight.
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All of the very important events in my life happen by chance.
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I need to work myself into baseball shape. This is part of spring training. I still have to be careful. When the lights come on, I get focused.
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Reason is a permanent blessing of God to the soul. Without it there can be no large religion.
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The foundation of empire is art and science. Remove them or degrade them, and the empire is no more. Empire follows art and not vice versa as Englishmen suppose.
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I grew up in New Bedford, Massachusetts, and I'm a huge Red Sox fan. I've probably been to Fenway 40 times. I've been pretty lucky as a sports fan because the Patriots have won Super Bowls and the Red Sox have won World Series during my lifetime.
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Academic chairs are many, but wise and noble teachers are few; lecture-rooms are numerous and large, but the number of young people who genuinely thirst after truth and justice is small.
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Biographies, as generally written, are not only misleading but false... In most instances, they commemorate a lie and cheat posterity out of the truth.
