Randa Abdel-Fattah (1979) contemporary Australian writer of novels for young adults
Source: Does My Head Look Big In This?
Randa Abdel-Fattah (1979) contemporary Australian writer of novels for young adults
Source: Does My Head Look Big In This?
“You don't need someone else's approval to do what you want; just figure it out and do it, damn it!”
Megan Mullally (1958) American actress
Attributed
“Meeting someone you like and dating him is supposed to make you feel better, not worse.”
Greg Behrendt (1963) American comedian
Source: He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys
“Just because you leave someone doesn’t mean you ever let them go.”
Jodi Picoult (1966) Author
Leaving Time
Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) 16th President of the United States
The origins of this quote are unknown. At least two sources can be traced back, but these sources date back to the 1940 years; long time after Lincon's death. <br class="br">Source 1: The 2003 "Masonic Historiology" from Allotter J. McKowe contains on page 55 (page 55 is dated on Jan. 11, 1944) the poem " What Is a Boy? http://books.google.de/books?id=K5CHWRttt-gC&pg=PA55&dq=desk" from an unknown author. The poem reads:<br>:: He is a person who is going to carry on what you have started.<br>:: He is to sit right where you are sitting and attend when you are gone to those things you think are so important.<br>:: You may adopt all the policies you please, but how they will be carried out depends on him.<br>:: Even if you make leagues and treaties, he will have to manage them.<br>:: He is going to sit at your desk in the Senate, and occupy your place on the Supreme Bench.<br>:: He will assume control of your cities, states and nations.<br>:: He is going to move in and take over your prisons, churches, schools, universities and corporations.<br>:: All your work is going to be judged and praised or condemned by him.<br>:: Your reputation and your future are in his hands.<br>:: All you work is for him, and the fate of the nations and of humanity is in his hands. Quotes about life http://www.quotesaboutlifee.com/2012/04/best-quotes-on-life-best-sayings-on.html<br>:: So it might be well to pay him some attention. <br class="br">Source 2: The newspaper "The Florence Times" from Florence, Alabama (Volume 72 - Number 120) contains in its Wednesday afternoon edition from October 30, 1940 a statement from a Dr. Frank Crane. The entitled "What is a Boy?" statement http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1842&dat=19401030&id=yx8sAAAAIBAJ&sjid=I7oEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3738,3720511 reads: <br class="br">Disputed