Abraham Lincoln Quotes

'A living dog is better than a dead lion.' Judge Douglas, if not a dead lion for this work, is at least a caged and toothless one. How can he oppose the advances of slavery? He don't care anything about it.

Abraham Lincoln

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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Grove giveth and Gates taketh away.

Robert Metcalfe

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I encourage the translators of my books to take as much license as they feel that they need. This is not quite the heroic gesture it might seem, because I've learned, from working with translators over the years, that the original novel is, in a way, a translation itself.

Michael Cunningham

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The ultimate goal of the educational system is to shift to the individual the burden of pursing his own education. This will not be a widely shared pursuit until we get over our odd conviction that education is what goes on in school buildings and nowhere else.

John W. Gardner

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I want to tell stories powerful people don't want you to tell. It's not worth getting out of bed otherwise.

John Sweeney

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I call it 'the Etch A Sketch life.' Every few years, you should shake that thing up.

John Tesh

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I am so proud to be a Canadian.

Amanda Lindhout

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I learned so much in the year after Flickr was acquired. People forget, but Flickr launched in February 2004. And a year later, the deal was done with Yahoo, and we closed it in March of 2005. It was really independent for a relatively short period of time.

Stewart Butterfield

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I love that there's always something happening at festivals. It takes some of the pressure away, too, because you're one person on the bill.

Sigrid

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Life changed at 40 for me, as predicted by my acting teacher when I was leaving college. I became more hirable and more interesting... I'm not sure why.

Roger Bart

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Never did I ever think I would be competing on a snowboard out here in X Games.

Mike Schultz

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I'd be all for everybody keeping their sidearms if they're in the military and on a military installation. That's something we need to get back to.

Louie Gohmert

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What can happen if a young reader picks up a book he/she isn't yet ready for? Questions, maybe. Usually, that child puts down the book and says, 'Boring.' Or, 'I'm not ready for this.' Kids are really good at knowing what they can handle.

Judy Blume

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