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"March 1, 1830, Abraham having just completed his twenty-first year, his father and family, with the families of the two daughters and sons-in-law of his stepmother, left the old homestead in Indiana a…"

"The worst lesson that can be taught a man is to rely upon others and to whine over his sufferings."

"In many ways I still resent the wretched yellow journalism that was clearly evident in treatment of the game — 60 Minutes in particular. I've never watched that show after Ed Bradley's interview with …"

"I do promotion when it is necessary ... But I always want to get back to the music. The personal appearances and red carpet events are very glitzy, but it's a bit false."

"As I conclude I reflect on my childhood experience when I would visit a stream next to our home to fetch water for my mother. I would drink water straight from the stream. Playing among the arrowroot …"

"Descent from Glory: Four Generations of the John Adams Family, Harvard University Press"

"I've been in more laps than a napkin."

"If the husband sits on a chair in the Garden of Eden, his wife is his footstool."

"The most legitimate instances of communication between the living and the dead occur in an intimate personal framework in which a dead parent makes contact with its offspring; a husband or wife freshl…"

"If the women but have little virtue, the jealousy of their husbands is extreme, and their revenge deadly and almost certain. A few inches of cold steel have been the punishment of many an unwary man, …"

"It is common sense once you think about it. The widely-praised Earned Income Tax Credit, which is a paid by taxpayers, encourages more low-wage employers . Don't get me wrong, the EITC has great effec…"

"One day our grandchildren will go to museums to see what poverty was like."

"Tew bring up a child in the wa he should go—travel that wa yourself."

"His mother had often said, When you choose an action, you choose the consequences of that action. She had emphasized the corollary of this axiom even more vehemently: when you desired a consequence yo…"

"Professor Einstein would not have liked a stuffy tribute. My wife and I loved him. He was a charter subscriber to the Weekly, and often strained its primitive bookkeeping facilities by renewing when n…"

"The rest of the world in which I lived was still stumbling about in search of a weapon with which to exterminate this monster whose shape and size were not yet known or even guessed at. It was thought…"

"“Dads-to-be are almost twice as likely to prefer a daughter to a son."

"King's Apollo 11 liftoff commentary"

"Why do we lack innovation in India? Because, we don't allow questioning. We don't promote inquisitiveness. If a child asks questions in school, he is asked to sit down. This should not go on. We need …"

"There are women who take it to the wire. That's what they are looking for, the ultimate confrontation. They want a smack."