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Quote by Abraham Lincoln
When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to

When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, its best to let him run. – Abraham Lincoln

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There are no accidents in my philosophy. Every effect must have its cause. The past is the cause of the present, and the present will be the cause of the future. All these are links in the endless chain stretching from the finite to the infinite. – Abraham Lincoln

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Presidents Day
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In the end, its not the years in your life that count. Its the life in your years. – Abraham Lincoln

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Life
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Surely God would not have created such a being as man, with an ability to grasp the infinite, to exist only for a day! No, no, man was made for immortality. – Abraham Lincoln

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The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. – Abraham Lincoln

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The only way you can get good, unless youre a genius, is to copy. Thats the best thing. Just steal. – Ritchie Blackmore

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Creative ideas flourish best in a shop which preserves some spirit of fun. Nobody is in business for fun, but that does not mean there cannot be fun in business. – Leo Burnett

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The best thing commercially, which is the worst artistically, by and large, is the most successful. – Orson Welles

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Pushing production out of America to nations without our environmental standards increases global environmental risks. – Frank Murkowski

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No true and permanent fame can be founded except in labors which promote the happiness of mankind. – Charles Sumner

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