Abraham Lincoln Quotes
What is conservatism? Is it not the adherence to the old and tried against the new and untried?
Quotes to Explore
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Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.
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I'm not that ambitious chick. I'm not chasing a cover of a magazine or an award. I've just never been that girl. I've always been very content with whatever God blessed me with and he's already blessed me with a lot.
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What I love about what I get to do is that I'm allowed to create the stories that I want to tell with minimal interference by some very big corporations like Microsoft and Sprint and EA and BioWare. The advantage that these tech companies have is that they understand the space organically, versus traditional media companies.
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There are staples to my show. I have to be conscious about switching things up because I know people who saw me last year will say, 'He did that last time.' But if certain things work, they work.
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We absolutely look at larger trends and reactions on Twitter here at the White House.
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I think young adults get a bad rap for being self-absorbed and self-centered. My experience going around the United States and speaking in schools is that teenagers here are very interested in the fate of their peers around the world.
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Each time I write a new piece, whether a novel, a picture book, a speech or anything, really, it has so much to do with what I'm going through personally or a problem I'm trying to work out. When I wrote my novel 'Baby,' my three children had all just gone out the door.
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I can remember on the first day on 'Chatroom,' it was just one scene for the whole day, which was a really nice luxury to have.
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One of my intentions with 'Rookie' is for the girls reading it to know that they are already cool enough and smart enough and pretty enough.
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I have these long nails, but I literally do nothing to them! The thought of filing my nails drives me insane.
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I was lucky to get the kinds of parts I wanted. I always said I didn't want to do anything my kids can't see.
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That's when the great stuff happens, when you're not checking yourself all the time, being critical of yourself and what other people are doing.
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Anything that is successful is a series of mistakes.
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Mr. Lemon-Man has inspired millions across the world through his gift. I don't refer only to basketball, but also to his magnificent gift of caring, sharing, and loving all people. I only hope my kids would possess an ounce of the Lemon-Man's heart, which easily radiates through that smile.
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The great things in life are what they seem to be. And for that reason, strange as it may sound to you, often are very difficult to interpret (understand). Great passions are for the great of souls. Great events can only be seen by people who are on a level with them. We think we can have our visions for nothing. We cannot. Even the finest and most self-sacrificing visions have to be paid for. Strangely enough, that is what makes them fine.
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But it goes without saying that Michael Jordan could never date Pamela Anderson. That would cause the apocalypse.
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I'm not scared of spiders at all. I'm the spider killer in the house.
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Love is dangerous; it's not something to be trifled with. As good as it feels on the way in, it feels that much worse on the way out.
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As when on some secluded branch in forest far and wide sits perched an owl, who, full of self-conceit and self-created wisdom, explains, comments, condemns, ordains and order things not understood, yet full of importance still holds forth to stocks and stones around - so sits and scribbles Mike.
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With original cryptography, you are just trying to secure one narrow thing - say, communications - and you are trying to secure it from a third party. But you can't secure it from the party you are talking to if they forward your email; it doesn't matter how well your email is encrypted.
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I could never let the teacher down. I always worked hard, too scared to get in trouble.
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At present I feel like a caged animal, bound up by the luxury, comfort and respectability of my position. I can't get the training that I want without neglecting my duty.
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What is conservatism? Is it not the adherence to the old and tried against the new and untried?
