Abraham Lincoln Quotes
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Quotes to Explore
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Unsettling signs of al Qaeda's aims and skills in cyberspace have led some government experts to conclude that terrorists are at the threshold of using the Internet as a direct instrument of bloodshed.
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Being a star has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where the average Negro could never hope to go and get insulted.
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I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough.
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I want a future where my children feel safe and appreciated and proud to be who they are. My heart is one with all the Arab Spring heroes, no matter how small they think their role is. I know they believe, like me, that we are working for a world whereby an Arab can live with the other in a respectful and dignified way.
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I thought marriage was something very quiet and very regular and very bourgeois.
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Don't confuse being stimulating with being blunt.
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My characters are driven by a passionate desire for justice. They are rebellious and incorruptible.
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At some point, you're going to have to be willing to take a punch for your team. If your employees or your teammates will see that you're willing to do that, they are more likely to be loyal to you, and your team is more likely to function better.
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People are wired for lots of things. We're wired for novelty. We're wired for humor. We're wired for new pieces of information that surprise us in some way or add value to our lives. We're wired for fear.
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Choreography and creativity - it's my matrix; let's see where we can move.
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I am not a Ph.D. in economics or a doctorate in literature that I can afford to take my singing lightly. Even if I sing a jingle, I take it as seriously as oxygen.
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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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Make the wise man within you your living ideal.
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Don't be afraid to convince yourself that your business is incredible, but don't expect others to be convinced without solid data to back it up. Ideas can be a worth a lot, but they are usually not. Execution is everything.
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Airplanes are interesting toys, but of no military value.
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I came from Yale, where you get an extracurricular degree in self-importance because you went there. When AIDS happened, I was treated like an outcast. And I don't like that feeling.
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'Where is your million-dollar shirt?' I'm like, 'It's underneath these $25 Hanes T-shirts I've got on.'
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It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.
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For me, marriage is about love, not paperwork. I've never been the kid who dreamed of the big white dress, the long veil, the fancy diamond ring.
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It's very difficult to hand someone your whole life story to play, and you've never really met that person.
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There cannot be a good tax nor a just one; every tax rests its case on compulsion.
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Sir James Jeans
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Even if you're not a Catholic, even if you're not a Christian, in fact even if you have no religious faith at all, what people could see in Pope John Paul was a man of true and profound spiritual faith.
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Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
