Abraham Lincoln Quotes

Be not deceived. Revolutions do not go backward.

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• Before a man speaks it is always safe to assume that he is a fool. After he speaks, it is seldom necessary to assume it.

  

  H. L. Mencken
  • Man
  • Always
  • Fool

• I am a registered Democrat and two-time unsuccessful candidate for office.

  

  Jack L. Chalker
  • Democrat
  • Candidate
  • Unsuccessful

• Do you agree that the European Union should be able to prescribe the mandatory settlement of non-Hungarian citizens in Hungary without the consent of parliament?

  

  Viktor Orban
  • You
  • Without
  • Consent

• If Christ Jesus dwells in a man as his friend and noble leader, that man can endure all things, for Christ helps and strengthens us and never abandons us. He is a true friend.

  

  Saint Teresa of Avila
  • True
  • Man
  • Friend

• Probably the earliest memories for me would be going to restaurants with my family.

  

  Alexander Wang
  • Family
  • Memories

• When I hit my 20s, I struggled to make it. I got married at 19, and my daughter, Je'Niece, was born a year later. I worked blue collar jobs during the day and comedy clubs at night, and I was earning about $25 a year doing stand-up.

  

  Bernie Mac
  • Up
  • Night
  • Comedy

• There is no reason that America can't compete in a global economy, and I love being one small proof point in that.

  

  Alan Mulally
  • America
  • Small

• It is only in the light of the inescapable fact of death that a person can adequately engage and enter upon the mysterious fact of life.

  

  John Hines
  • Life
  • Death
  • Light

• Eddie Jordan found me all the drives. If I am with Tyrrell today, it is because Eddie was there.

  

  Jean Alesi
  • Today

• Harry Dresden: In McAnally's pub and grill, there aren't any service people. According to Mac, if you can't get up and walk over to pick up your own order, you don't need to be there at all.

  

  Jim Butcher
  • People
  • Up
  • Service

• The wisdom of the Lord is infinite as are also His glory and His power. Ye heavens, sing His praises., sun, moon, and planets, glorify Him in your ineffable language! Praise Him, celestial harmonies, and all ye who can comprehend them! And thou, my soul, praise thy Creator! It is by Him and in Him that all exist.

  

  Johannes Kepler
  • Power
  • Soul
  • Wisdom

• Some people don't have a way of that catharsis and I do, so I'm lucky in that sense that people listen to my songs and enjoy my songs. It's a really important thing for me, it's how I channel everything. I don't really know what I'd do if I didn't write songs.

  

  Ellie Goulding
  • People
  • Important
  • Writing

• People who are used to constant attention and flattery become inured to the merely pleasant and become "peak seekers." They expect the highs, and when their unrealistic goals or expectations are not met, they are not simply disappointed, they are devastated.

  

  Victoria Secunda
  • People
  • Attention
  • Goals

• Why was it the hot mean girls always ran in packs, like hyenas?

  

  Rachel Caine
  • Why
  • Girls
  • Hyenas

• It's a wonderful way to have a role on a series - you're not tied down totally and completely to a schedule.

  

  Lee Meriwether
  • Way
  • Role
  • Series

• I like movies where you can come back and re-watch them and admire the cinematography 25 years later.

  

  Rob Zombie
  • Years
  • Watches
  • Admire

• We need to build a beautiful granite and bronze monument in our nation's capital to honor American heroes, unsung American heroes. And those unsung American heroes are the rich.

  

  Bernard Goldberg
  • American
  • Beautiful
  • Honor

• The real pride, the real present, is your health and your longevity. My whole career, I have never done anything where competition was involved with weight loss.

  

  Richard Simmons
  • Career
  • Health
  • Pride

• I honor businesses for what they do, I honor nonprofits for what they do, I honor government for what it does, and then I invite everyone to the table so that together we can come up with innovative and broad-based solutions that can serve as many people as possible. The fewer or less diverse voices you invite to the table, the smaller and narrower your solution will be and the fewer people it will serve.

  

  Bernie Glassman
  • Government
  • Solutions
  • Serve

• Making art, I try to just gently persist, instead of having freak-outs where I'm like, Oh, my god, I'll never draw again. You are going to draw again, so you might as well relax.

  

  Gary Panter
  • Trying
  • Relax
  • Might

• It will be a new page in the industry of filmmaking and art in general. I think all revolutions, even if they don't achieve all of their goals, achieve freedom of expression. We're like a little chick. We just broke the egg. We didn't come out yet but it's a matter of time.

  

  Amr Waked
  • Goals
  • Filmmaking
  • Revolutions

• Be not deceived. Revolutions do not go backward.

  

  Abraham Lincoln
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