Barack Obama, Sr. Quotes
That's what the leadership was teaching me, day by day: that the self-interest I was supposed to be looking for extended well beyond the immediacy of issues, that beneath the small talk and sketchy biographies and received opinions, people carried with them some central explanation of themselves. Stories full of terror and wonder, studded with events that still haunted or inspired them. Sacred stories.
Barack Obama, Sr.
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With a disaster like global warming, it's too late to worry about when it's looming except to figure out how to adapt to it.
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I think who you are in school really sticks with you.
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Growing up, there were TV shows that were very funny but very traditional. Classic things like 'Fawlty Towers,' obviously, and 'Blackadder' were pretty traditionally shot. And then there were the ones that start to break the mold or be really ambitious. The ones that spring particularly to mind would be 'The Young Ones.'
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Logic! Good gracious! What rubbish!
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It's like all guys want to do is make a dunk, grab their shirt and yell out and scream - they could be down 30 points but that's what they do. Okay, so you made a dunk. Get back down the floor on defense!
Oscar Robertson
Nobody notices me. Nobody thinks I'm me. But then I look less like me than most of the people coming to our concerts.
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We're not perfect; we all have things that people might not like to see, and I like to show my faults.
Grace Jones
I went to New York City to Columbia University, and with the first directing exercise, I knew I was a director.
Patricia Riggen
Drugs and alcohol can be so destructive.
Kyan Douglas
That's what the leadership was teaching me, day by day: that the self-interest I was supposed to be looking for extended well beyond the immediacy of issues, that beneath the small talk and sketchy biographies and received opinions, people carried with them some central explanation of themselves. Stories full of terror and wonder, studded with events that still haunted or inspired them. Sacred stories.
Barack Obama, Sr.
