Mara Liasson Quotes
Obama has built his public image around his ability to bridge divisions - racial, ideological or generational. And that was his reputation, even at Harvard Law School, where he was the first black president of the 'Law Review.'
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I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.
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You realise that having a number one record and being loved and adored isn't the most important thing in the world. But at the same time, I don't have a problem with it. What I'm trying to say is, I'm not a reluctant pop star.
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It's important for women to work. They need to keep their independence, to keep earning and being challenged.
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You could put all of Rev. Jeremiah Wright's angry sermons on to one loop. You could put that loop up on the big screen at Radio City Music Hall and let it play there 24 hours a day, seven days a week and Barack Obama will still emerge as the next president of the United States.
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I found that the corridors of power in Delhi were littered with lobbies of various kinds.
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Japanese people are not known for expressing their feelings through singing and dancing, but I like to sing a lot. I don't just sing to myself in the shower. I sing everywhere.
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We must stop the trend of closing schools and building prisons.
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Power is, in its nature, encroaching; and such is the human make that men who are vested with a share of it are generally inclined to take more than it was intended they should have.
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The darkness of clubs makes me feel much more secure, and you can hide behind smoke and lights.
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In my case, symptoms began to appear when I was only 57. In fact, the doctors believe early-onset Alzheimer's has a strong genetic predictor, and that it may have been progressing for some years before I was diagnosed.
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Youth doesn't need friends - it only needs crowds.
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I have a lot of friends and fans in Canada and as a matter of fact I met a fan from there that came down to my office. It was nice and we took pictures and had a nice talk.
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Mister Cee's a legend, man.
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If everybody in this town connected with politics had to leave town because of chasing women and drinking, you would have no government.
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I was good at math and science, and I got lots of degrees in lots of things, but in a parallel universe, I probably became a chef.
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Everybody goes through a phase of fatigue, and I am no different. Re-inventing yourself in your profession is the key to deal with fatigue.
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You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations.
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After the first exams, I switched to the Faculty of Philosophy and studied Zoology in Munich and Vienna.
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At school, I always wanted to belong to a gang, and no one would have me. So I'd have make my own gang, but with everybody else's leftovers.
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I had no acting background in my family and no experience of theatre. I hadn't even been in a school play.
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Eventually every man gotta face the problem of tryin' to figger if it’s worthwhile to prove that he is himself.
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Let go of your story so the Universe can write a new one for you.
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Obama has built his public image around his ability to bridge divisions - racial, ideological or generational. And that was his reputation, even at Harvard Law School, where he was the first black president of the 'Law Review.'
