"Those who knew Lincoln described him as an extraordinarily funny man. Humor was an essential aspect of his temperament. He laughed, he explained, so he did not weep."

-- Doris Kearns Goodwin

#Men Quotes #Essentials Quotes #Aspect Quotes

“Thinking is hard work. One can't bear burdens and ideas at the same time”
“I would like the people that buy my clothes to understand that for me itâ€™s one small piece of art.”

Source : "My City, My Life" Interview, edition.cnn.com. May 3, 2008.
“Many dog owners believe that as much as 60 percent of their pet's brain is set aside solely to demonstrate applications of the verb "to eat"-in both the active and passive forms.”
“The blind conviction that we have to do something about other people's reproductive behavior, and that we may have to do it whether they like it or not, derives from the assumption that the world belongs to us, who have so expertly depleted its resources, rather than to them, who have not.”
“If I had a crush on a guy, my tactic was to tell them I had a crush on them. And they always thought it was super-cute, so it usually worked in my favor!”

Source : "What Was Leven Rambin Like at 17?". Interview with Ellen Collis, www.seventeen.com. January 9, 2012.
“I prefer to leave standing up, like a well-mannered guest at a party.”

Source : "Kanye, Miley and the death of the diva" by LZ Granderson,, www.cnn.com. October 10, 2013.
“Every western I did and will do; I will do it for the never ending young kid inside of me.”
“The temptations to wrong are many; they spring out of a corrupt nature.”

Source : Matthew Simpson (1885). “Sermons”

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