David Herbert Donald Quotes

In Lincoln's day a President's religion was a very private affair. There were no public prayer meetings, no attempts to woo the Religious Right. Few of Lincoln's countrymen knew anything at all of his religious beliefs.

David Herbert Donald

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: historian
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 1, 1920 - May 17, 2009

Topics

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The reason we have so much talent in Silicon Valley building and investing in for-profit technology companies is that markets richly reward successful ideas, no matter who invents them. But to remain competitive in a free market, companies must exercise discipline to meet quantitative goals and eventually become cashflow positive.

Joe Lonsdale

PositiveGoalsTechnologyDiscipline

I think leaders are incapable of the strength that passive resistance entails.

Meshell Ndegeocello

StrengthThinkResistancePassive

To be really great, you need to be naturally funny in order to stand out. But you can work at it, and find the best vehicle that you have to communicate what you're saying to people.

Amy Schumer

WorkFunnyGreatBestPeopleSaying

I've been a loner all my life, so it didn't bother me that Hungarian was my first language and that I had to learn English. I had a pretty heavy accent in junior high school and would say things like 'wolume control' instead of 'volume control.'

Tommy Ramone

LifeSchoolMeControlHigh School

I get blamed for things I have nothing to do with.

Roger Stone

NothingThingsGetBlamed

I think it's really important to be able to talk when something's wrong. I learned at a really young age that if you don't talk about it, it can drive you insane.

Mary-Kate Olsen

AgeDriveThinkYouWrongYoung

I worked harder at my craft, and it took some time, but here I am today doing what I want to do, which is entertain people.

Loni Love

TodayTimeI AmPeopleDoingWant

Now let me say that Matt Busby was a great manager and Manchester United wouldn't be where they are without him. He was a god at the club, but he wasn't a god to me. Football is like that sometimes.

Johnny Giles

GodGreatFootballMeSometimesSay

I really just love to open a blank document and spew, whereas with a screenplay I have to be more judicious.

Diablo Cody

LoveMoreOpenJustBlankReally

If you write 50 songs, you're bound to write at least a dozen good ones.

Dean Ween

GoodYouWriteDozenSongsLeast

I don't divide my reading into demographic categories, any more than I'd divide my friends into groups along ethnic or sexual lines. The thing I look for most is a sense of literary rawness - bareback fiction, if you will.

Christopher Fowler

ReadingFriendsYouLookWillMore

There were movies that always made me want to be a director. You see brilliant scenes and the way the emotions were handled. I thought, I'd really like to do that.

Bruce Beresford

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