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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You've got to be strong enough for love. It's very easy to be cool and cynical. It's very difficult to just let yourself go and be in love. You've got to be strong enough for that.
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“Her hair was pulled back so severely, it would have won approval from the Spanish Inquisition as a method of torture.”
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I want to try to not be the child that had to go through too much too young. I want to be who I am now and not who I was then.
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Getting into Sundance is such a big platform for a director.
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The cat will keep his side of the bargain. He will kill mice, and he will be kind to babies when he is in the house, just so long as they do not pull his tail too hard. But when he has done that, and between times, and when the moon gets up and night comes, he is the Cat that walks by himself, and all places are alike to him. Then he goes out to the Wet Wild Woods or up on the Wet Wild trees or on the Wet Wild roofs, waving his wild tail and walking by his wild lone.
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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.
