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Kolby 2022-01-25 08:06:28
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"Lincoln" is a huge production and a paradox. It seems that what is shown in the film is just a dream, but this is real history.
-- "Entertainment Weekly"
When the film ends, you realize that you know very little about Lincoln. But what you've learned makes you think... -
Vince 2022-03-19 09:01:03
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This is a tall and thin old man who speaks slowly, loves to tell stories, moves clumsily and has a hunchback. His speech was not high-spirited. He rarely expressed excitement. From the current point of view, he could not be said to be charismatic. Even he was a fraudulent and opportunistic...
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[Giving a speech at a dedication, Lincoln stands beside the flagpole, and with great ceremony takes off his hat, removes a piece of paper from inside and unfolds it, then puts on his glasses]
Abraham Lincoln: [reading] The part assigned to me is to raise the flag which, if there be no fault in the machinery, I will do. And, when up, it shall be for the people to keep it up.
[takes off his glasses and re-folds the paper]
Abraham Lincoln: That's my speech.
[laughter]
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Abraham Lincoln: [greeting a pair of visitors from Jefferson City] I heard tell once of a Jefferson City lawyer who had a parrot that would wake him each morning crying out 'today's the day the world shall end as scripture has foretold'. And one day, the lawyer shot him for the sake of peace and quiet I presume, thus fulfilling, for the bird at least, his prophecy.
[the guests don't laugh]
