Lincoln Quotes by Steven Spielberg

8 Lincoln quotes by Steven Spielberg

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Steven Spielberg translates Lincoln’s era into eight cinematic snippets. The director’s flair for drama shines through, giving you a short but powerful sense of how he imagines the leader’s moments on screen.

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Lincoln believed in the American people.

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There were so many odd, strange things about Abraham Lincoln that I think nobody knew how to pigeonhole him.

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Lincoln's leadership is based on a number of precepts, but my favorite one is that he acted in the name, and for…

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I think Lincoln had a unique parenting style. He let his kids run free and wild.

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I've always wanted to tell a story about Lincoln. I saw a paternal father figure; I saw someone who was completely, stubbornly…

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There's been more written about Lincoln than movies made about him or television portraying him. He's kind of a stranger to our…

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I've just always had a personal fascination with the myth of Abraham Lincoln. And once you start to read about him and…

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All presidents swear an oath to the Constitution to keep this country united, and when the country fell apart, Lincoln had to…

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I didn't read reviews earlier in my career, but I read them now as I'm older. I read them all.

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Whatever affect any of my films have on audiences, I just kind of stop at the door. I make them and I just don't…

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I've kept the people who've been in my career who I feel are my family. Kathy [Kennedy] had been with me since 1978. Janusz…

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Desperate times require desperate measures. What Lincoln and the Lobbyist for the Amendment and the Manager of the Amendment and himself, what they did…

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