"Washington was a typical American. Napoleon was a typical Frenchman, but Lincoln was a humanitarian as broad as the world. He was bigger than his country - bigger than all the Presidents together."

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Source : K. M. Kostyal, Doris Kearns Goodwin (2009). “Abraham Lincoln's extraordinary era: the man and his times”, Natl Geographic Society

Doris Kearns Goodwin

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“You're always trying to seize any opportunity or hold on to one if you already have it. It was just a matter of going out there and producing for the team.”
“I'm very proud of my gold pocket watch. My grandfather, on his deathbed, sold me this watch.”
“Yes, yes," said the Beast, "my heart is good, but still I am a monster." Among mankind," says Beauty, "there are many that deserve that name more than you, and I prefer you, just as you are, to those, who, under a human form, hide a treacherous, corrupt, and ungrateful heart.”

Source : Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont “Beauty and the BeastLa Belle et la Bête English-French Parallel Text Edition”, Lulu.com
“I was the youngest of three kids, and from the age of four, singing was my way of getting attention.”
“This bank-note world.”

Source : Fitz-Greene Halleck (1848). “The Poetical Works of Fitz-Greene Halleck: Now First Collected. Illustrated with Steel Engravings, from Drawings by American Artists”, p.15
“The essential disadvantage of the isolated pawn ... lies not in the pawn itself, but in the square in front of the pawn.”
“My idea of elegance â€“ and this refers to women as well as men â€“ is that someone is elegant when he or she shows a good knowledge of what fits them, where you can find naturalness and self-esteem. Not showing off. Elegance is the idea of showing an optimistic depiction of oneself, and to lose oneself in the frivolity of style and fashion.”
“All realities, all dimensions are open to me!”

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