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"It turned out in the long run that Lincoln's credit and the popular confidence that supported it were as valuable both to his creditors and himself as if the sums which stood over his signature had been gold coin in a solvent bank."
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"You're not interesting in the least," she spat. "I don't need to be," I smiled. "That's what you need...And you're welcome to it."
"An amazing thing happens when you stop seeking approval and validation: You find it. People are naturally drawn like magnets to those who know who they are and cannot be shaken!"
"Well, I can throw a mean comeback, so there's that. I will crush them on wit."
"You've turned into quite a bossy little thing," Myrnin said. "I think I might like it."
"Just because everyone is behaving like a clown, it doesn't mean you have to join the circus."
"Be gentle, confident and action-oriented. Remember, your actions will make a difference."
"You are as the sun; the world is your stage; even without an audience, shine."
"You don't need to put on make-up to make you look pretty. All you need to do is put on a smile and that will make you pretty in anyone's book."
"Always act like you are the king of your own world that you created on the day of your birth. Enjoy your kingdom."
"Confidence is the beauty, kindness is the charm, style is the uniqueness and fashion is the mask."
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"It may be assumed as an axiom that Providence has never gifted any political party with all of political wisdom or blinded it with all of political folly."
"Lincoln's removal from New Salem to Springfield and his entrance into a law partnership with Major John T. Stuart begin a distinctively new period in his career."
"The function of the politician, therefore, is one of continuous watchfulness and activity, and he must have intimate knowledge of details if he would work out grand results."
"Nobody understood better than Mr. Lincoln the obvious truth that in politics it does not suffice merely to nominate candidates. Something must also be done to elect them."
"Lincoln's stature and strength, his intelligence and ambition - in short, all the elements which gave him popularity among men in New Salem, rendered him equally attractive to the fair sex of that village."
"The meetings of the legislature at Springfield then first brought together that splendid group of young men of genius whose phenomenal careers and distinguished services have given Illinois fame in the history of the nation."
"It is therefore not to be wondered at that Lincoln's single term in the House of Representatives at Washington added practically nothing to his reputation."
"The death of Mrs. Lincoln was a serious loss to her husband and children. Abraham's sister Sarah was only eleven years old, and the tasks and cares of the little household were altogether too heavy for her years and experience."
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