"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

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“We're in a period where society seems very attracted to flash, and that seeps into people's musical taste.”
“Love is many things none of them logical.”

Source : William Goldman (2013). “The Princess Bride: An Illustrated Edition of S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure”, p.120, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“Whenever somebody reaches above their own limitations - I always tell people, the best time to go give is when you have nothing.”
“There is a strange sort of reasoning in Hollywood that musicals are less worthy of Academy consideration than dramas. It's a form of snobbism, the same sort that perpetuates the idea that drama is more deserving of Awards than comedy.”
“I'm a quitter. I come from a long line of quitters. It's amazing I'm here at all.”

Source : "Black Books". www.imdb.com. 2000-2004.
“Be careful in dealing with a man who cares nothing for comfort or promotion, but is simply determined to do what he believes to be right. He is a dangerous uncomfortable enemy, because his body, which you can always conquer, gives you little purchase upon his soul.”
“I think it's very amazing that I do horror films when I had this awful childhood. But maybe that's why I'm good at it.”

Source : "Ingrid Pitt obituary" by Ronald Bergan, www.theguardian.com. November 24, 2010.
“Tis pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat, To peep at such a world; to see the stir Of the Great Babel, and not feel the crowd.”

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