Abraham Lincoln Quotes, Church Service Quotes, Interesting Quotes

Abraham Lincoln was asked by an aide about the church service he had attended. Lincoln responded that the minister was inspired, interesting, well-prepared, eloquent and the topic relevant. The aide said, “Then it was a good service?” Lincoln responded, “No.” The aide protested, “But, Mr. President, you said that the minister was inspired, interesting, well-prepared, eloquent, and that the topic was relevant.” “Yes,” replied Lincoln, “but he didn’t challenge us to do any great thing.

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I'm the commander -- see, I don't need to explain -- I do not need to explain why I say things. That's the interesting thing about being president.

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Intellectual generalities are always interesting, but generalities in morals mean absolutely nothing.

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I'm the commander -- see, I don't need to explain -- I do not need to explain why I say things. That's the interesting thing about being president.

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The citizen ... preserved the resolute bearing of one who was not to be frowned down or daunted, and who cared very little for any nobility but that of worth and manhood.

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What's interesting about the process of acting is how often you don't know what you're doing.

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It was a very interesting challenge [Heihei role] because he's limited to rooster-y, chicken-type noises, and he goes along on the whole adventure. It just becomes, "If that's how you express yourself, go for it.

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When people talk to us about others they are usually dull. When they talk to us about themselves they are nearly always interesting.

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Geoffrey's personal style was very different from mine. He has a lovely speaking voice, a quiet speaking voice. But at Cabinet we always reported on foreign affairs - we always had this quiet voice. It was so quiet sometimes I had to say 'speak up'. And he gave it in a way which wasn't exactly scintillating. And you know, foreign affairs are interesting. They affect everything that happened to our own way of life, and they are exciting. And so we just diverged.

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Virtue makes us aim at the right end, and practical wisdom makes us take the right means.

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Knowing record labels and knowing the kinds of things they would object to-they just object to everything that's interesting.

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Be truthful, and the result is bound to be amazingly interesting.

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It is curious and interesting to notice what an attraction a fussy, mincing, nickel-plated word has for you.

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And once again Mr. Sherlock Holmes is free to devote his life to examining those interesting little problems which the complexity of human life so pletifuly presents.

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I'm afraid of taking steps that are not on the map, but by taking those steps despite my fears, I have a much more interesting life.

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Hospitals should be arranged in such a way as to make being sick an interesting experience. One learns a great deal sometimes from being sick.

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You try to find things that are challenging and interesting and hopefully it will be the same to the audience.

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A person loves to talk about his illnesses although that is the least interesting part of his life.

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Common sense is both more rare and more desirable in leaders than mere intelligence.

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I thought Brittany Packnett, who was one of the Ferguson activists, really interesting, smart young lady, really impressive - you might want to talk with her. So she was one of the organizers of the Ferguson movement, ended up joining our task force. She came in here and she just knew her stuff.

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