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Paris 2022-04-20 09:01:25
"I do not hold the equality of all things, only the equality before law."
Spielberg is a great director who never changes in my heart, unfortunately neither of the last two works touched my heart. I can't grasp the emotion of "War Horse", and the details of "Lincoln" are not very in place. This has changed a bit of the idea in my mind that the older the directors are,...
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Rachelle 2022-04-20 09:01:25
Not much like the Lincoln I usually read in books
Even if there is a movie like "The King's Speech" that is not tired at all, but after watching the previous documentary films such as "Hoover", it is very boring, and I have no love for documentaries. There is also a preview of "Lincoln". The bright spot, but as my favorite US president, I...
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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]
