Very few men are fortunate enough to gain distinction during their first term in Congress. - John George Nicolay

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John George Nicolay

Very few men are fortunate enough to gain distinction during their first term in Congress.

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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.

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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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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.

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In the early West, law and politics were parallel roads to usefulness as well as distinction.

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Activity in politics also produces eager competition and sharp rivalry.

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Elizabeth Edwards

Nordie's at Noon is an honest and inspiring testament to [these authors'] experiences which, I am completely confident. . . will inspire thousands of women as it inspired me.

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Errol Morris

Robert Nozick [a Havard philosopher, famous for his book "Anarchy, State and Utopia"] defined revenge as delivering the message that you know what someone has done, and it doesn't involve hurting them or doing anything to them beyond that. It's just delivering the message that their crime has been noted not just by its victims, because the victim might be dead, but by another who has a different moral view and will challenge the perpetrator's view.

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Jacob Grimm

They were indeed great rascals, and belonged to that class of people who find things before they are lost.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

As soon as a child has left the room his strewn toys become affecting.

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Chris Christie

We need to have an education system in New Jersey and all over the country that makes all of our kids, either college or career ready. It should be their choice. I mean, every kid doesn't want to go to college. But I think we should aspire to let every child reach his maximum or her maximum potential.

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