Abraham Lincoln Quotes

By what principle of original right is it that one-fiftieth or one-ninetieth of a great nation, by calling themselves a State, have the right to break up and ruin that nation as a matter of original principle?

Abraham Lincoln

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: president
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 12, 1809 - April 15, 1865

Topics

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Between the two dream coasts, we're just called flyover country... If you aren't known as an amorphous Eastern Seaboard writer, you're dismissed as a regional author.

Jim Harrison

YouDreamCountryTwoJustBetween

Most people thought Gomer was stupid, dumb, a real klutz. But you study him, he really wasn't any of those things. Gomer just didn't want to see bad in anybody; you could never get him mad.

Jim Nabors

PeopleStupidThoughtYouBadDumb

I mean, believe me, I'm not for censorship.

Joe Mantegna

MeBelieveCensorshipMean

Developing our capacity for compassion makes it possible for us to help others in a more skillful and effective way. And compassion helps us as well.

Joan Halifax

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The sign of a great leader is knowing what you know and knowing what you don't know.

Angela Ahrendts

LeaderGreatYouKnowKnowingSign

But on average, I go to the gym about four or five times a week. Today, I'm so experienced in training - I'm actually listening to my body now. My body needs freedom. When I train I create serenity and I produce oxygen in my blood. It helps me to think better and relax. By training, you accentuate the problem.

Jean-Claude Van Damme

TodayFreedomTrainingMeRelax

Two people who I think have the world's most perfect skin are Cate Blanchett and Kate Bosworth. Maybe there's something to being named Kate, I don't know, but those two just seem to be effortless, yet completely, ethereally gorgeous.

Sophia Bush

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A musician's attempt to summarize his or her work leads to all this prescriptive chatter, or what I call the 'Modifier's Madness.' A lot of adjectives working overtime.

Sufjan Stevens

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I have no plans to have any other home than Moscow. However, I love to travel, and I'm very comfortable in New York. In many ways, it reminds me of Moscow in its energy and drive.

Mikhail Prokhorov

LoveHomeTravelNew YorkMeEnergy

A period of detention in a chilly upstate facility can be a great attitude adjuster.

Judy Sheindlin

AttitudeGreatChillyPeriodUpstate

I started working in television quite young, actually, and I definitely felt very insecure about what I looked like.

Lisa Ling

TelevisionYoungStartedWorking

I played soccer, and I was the kid who ran the wrong way, or I was pretending to be some sort of zebra and I would flail my arms and kick up my legs.

Johnny Weir

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