Abraham Lincoln Quotes
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Nothing external to you has any power over you.
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I was raised Catholic in Rockford, Illinois. But I'm not a practicing Catholic anymore. Oh God, no.
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Musical compositions can be very sad - Chopin - but you have the pleasure of this sadness. The cheap consolation is: you will be happy. The higher consolation is the pleasure and recognition of your unhappiness, the pleasure of having recognised that fate, destiny and life are such as they are and so you reach a higher form of consciousness.
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Even if you walk exactly the same route each time - as with a sonnet - the events along the route cannot be imagined to be the same from day to day, as the poet's health, sight, his anticipations, moods, fears, thoughts cannot be the same.
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Anybody, and any company, can have a big run of success once, but if you're going to repeat that over time, you need to be aware that you need to keep learning.
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I now believe that major labels can only work with people who care more about fame and money than the quality of the art they produce.
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There is not a more repulsive spectacle than on old man who will not forsake the world, which has already forsaken him.
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I believe that we are at a very low level of consciousness, and we do not know how to treat each other as human beings. We are caught up in our own lives, our own needs, our own ego gratification. I feel a strong sense of responsibility in delivering that message.
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I'm proud of my hard work. Working hard won't always lead to the exact things we desire. There are many things I've wanted that I haven't always gotten. But, I have a great satisfaction in the blessings from my mother and father, who instilled a great work ethic in me both personally and professionally.
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I got into politics because I was tired of complaining.
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The man whose life is devoted to paperwork has lost the initiative. He is dealing with things that are brought to his notice, having ceased to notice anything for himself.
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In China, we don't know about the swimming pool game, but we know about Marco Polo.
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You have to dream before your dreams can come true.
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Anything that instills a sense of hope will at least temporarily help treat depression.
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I remember starting out and covering songs.
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Female adolescence is - universally - an emotionally and psychologically intense period.
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I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.
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My skin still crawls if you call me a movie star. I get embarrassed. I think, don't be ridiculous. Maybe it's because I'm British. To me, Julia Roberts that's a movie star. But when people do call me one, that, I think, is an enormous compliment but, my God, is that a responsibility!
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My mother was a great inspiration to me to always do my best. My father has always been my mentor and friend. They taught me the basic principle that guides most all that I do: faith, focus, finish.
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You got to start by doing little things if your quest is to take over the world.
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Democracies can't handle austerity measures very well.
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They were numerically outnumbered.
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'Shocking' is like a bolt from the blue. It is something external that ruptures your world.
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If I like a thing, it just sticks after once reading it or hearing it.
