Abraham Lincoln Quotes
I have stepped out upon this platform that I may see you and that you may see me, and in the arrangement I have the best of the bargain.
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The country has undergone a profound social upheaval, the greatest the proletariat has ever known.
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Everybody's social life in Jordan revolves around family.
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I tried to get into the National Youth Theatre and didn't, and I tried to get into drama school and didn't, and then I went to university and was really delighted that I went there. I think having the word 'no' can be quite creative.
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I would put our legislative and foreign policy accomplishments in our first two years against any president - with the possible exceptions of Johnson, FDR, and Lincoln - just in terms of what we've gotten done in modern history. But, you know, but when it comes to the economy, we've got a lot more work to do. And we're gonna keep on at it.
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The average Englishman has no idea of the dynamism in the music scene here.
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When you live in the South, you're constantly part of the civil rights movement.
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When you're in New York, there's women galore. At the end of the day, when I'm by myself or even, at times, when there was a woman next to me, I was feeling alone. It was not the same as it is with my wife. The experience is not the same; the time is not the same.
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We always keep God waiting while we admit more importunate suitors.
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For me, 'Rent' was all about coming out of myself, finding out who I was, learning the power I could have as a performer. And 'Wicked' was about harnessing all that strength.
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I think I'd be more relaxed as an older mum, although fundamentally life with a baby is pretty much the same whatever age you are. It's nappies, crying, feeding.
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When I have been asked during these last weeks who caused the riots and the killing in L.A., my answer has been direct and simple: Who is to blame for the riots? The rioters are to blame. Who is to blame for the killings? The killers are to blame.
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Give me the new thing and give it to me now. I don't want that old thing - I've seen it, heard it, bought it, slept with it, loved it, but now I'm bored with the old thing and I'm gagging for the new stuff.
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Many models I knew had come from broken families. That makes a significant difference in the way you handle yourself and the choices you make.
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I don't like saying 'no' to people, and I'm going to have to learn how to say 'no' more.
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Romantic comedies seem to take over where the fairytales of childhood left off, feeding our dreams of a soulmate; though, sadly, the Hollywood endings prove quite elusive in the real world.
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Yeah, what happened was Universal wanted one of the characters to be nice so they chose me so there was a scene where the girl was tied to the bed and I let her go.
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The idea of having dreams that don't come true is really terrifying.
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Socialism cannot exist without a change in consciousness resulting in a new fraternal attitude toward humanity, both at an individual level, within the societies where socialism is being built or has been built, and on a world scale, with regard to all peoples suffering from imperialist oppression.
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Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.
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A big part of managing a golf course is managing your swing on the course. A lot of guys can go out and hit a golf ball, but they have no idea how to manage what they do with the ball. I've won as many golf tournaments hitting the ball badly as I have hitting the ball well.
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What does kissing really mean to me? To me, if you feel, when you kiss a girl, that certain feeling of all those dolphins, like, swimming through your blood stream, and you get those good tingles inside your stomach, I don't think there's any better feeling.
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We want to bargain with Hilton separately because it's the worst of the bunch. And we are concerned that Hilton is going to gather allies and do a lockout pact and assault us like they did in San Francisco.
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The entire method consists in the order and arrangement of the things to which the mind's eye must turn so that we can discover some truth.
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I have stepped out upon this platform that I may see you and that you may see me, and in the arrangement I have the best of the bargain.
