Steven Spielberg Quotes

There were so many odd, strange things about Abraham Lincoln that I think nobody knew how to pigeonhole him.

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• There were so many odd, strange things about Abraham Lincoln that I think nobody knew how to pigeonhole him.

  

  Steven Spielberg
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  • Abraham Lincoln
  • Pigeonhole