Doris Kearns Goodwin Quotes

Those who knew Lincoln described him as an extraordinarily funny man. Humor was an essential aspect of his temperament. He laughed, he explained, so he did not weep.

Doris Kearns Goodwin

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You just have to have a simple faith.

Jimmy Carter

FaithSimpleYouJust

I have every right to know how my taxes are spent, how every single penny of it is spent. I have the right to know that.

Jesse Ventura

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I really try every day. I really try to come into work thinking about what rhetoric I'm going to put out in the world and what my father would've done if he was still here.

Meghan McCain

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The Devil, of course, must have been or must be a very charming person.

Max von Sydow

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Art penetrates, no matter how many bans you put out.

Mawra Hocane

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It's precisely the disappointing stories, which have no proper ending and therefore no proper meaning, that sound true to life.

Max Frisch

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Resolve to be thyself: and know that he who finds himself, loses his misery.

Matthew Arnold

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I love history, doesn't matter what era, I'm fascinated.

Tom Petty

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Someone gave me a piece of advice once, my first manager Lucien Hold. He said, 'If you do stand-up about your own life, no one can steal it.' I always thought that was the best piece of advice.

Mike Birbiglia

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I would rather be called a character actor than a star.

Louis Jourdan

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I'm very conscious that I'm in the minority in that I love what I do. How big is the number of people who are running to work to do a job that they like? And how lucky to be employed at it - how incredibly lucky.

Judi Dench

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My children aren't normally allowed to watch a lot of things that I'm in.

Jason Momoa

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