Barack Obama Quotes
I have the authority to address the threat from Isil, but I believe we are strongest as a nation when the president and Congress work together. So I welcome congressional support for this effort in order to show the world that Americans are united in confronting this danger.
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I believe very strongly in the value of having a diverse team around me that comes from very different backgrounds and different points of view.
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Disneyland will never be completed. It will continue to grow as long as there is imagination left in the world.
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Open-minded people tend to be interested in Buddhism because Buddha urged people to investigate things - he didn't just command them to believe.
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I'm always about, 'What is the most productive version of what I'm putting into the world?' Something that can be engaged by all folks. I don't have to change everyone.
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I was raised to want to work for a living. The idea of just sitting around or going shopping every day appalls me.
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One of the peculiarities of Delhi is that the term 'reform' is associated only with passing of laws in Parliament. In fact, the most important reforms are those needed, without new laws, at various level of the government, in work practices and procedures.
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However careful a tramp may be to avoid places where there is abundant work, he cannot always succeed.
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I was very shy, but when I performed, I felt like I was in my own little world. I became more confident. Dancing taught me discipline and to feel comfortable in my own skin.
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In my work in Haiti, I've seen the hugely positive effects that happen when people come together to build something in the middle of the most desperate situations.
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Executive ability is deciding quickly and getting somebody else to do the work.
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Shoes are very emotional. For women, they carry the message that you want to give to the world. One day you want to be sexy, or super powerful at your job - you wear a great pump. If you want to be on-the-go and running after your kids - you wear a great flat.
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Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.
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I just think that is so important to keep a strong support system, to keep yourself encouraged.
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It's a crazy world, so sports and athletics and music can be a form of escapism.
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I'm this overachiever type, I'll just work and work and I'll just do it over and over and over again.
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I believe, for a long time, protracted wars test the will of any democracy, to be sure, and people will underwrite a protracted war if they see some progress. But if they don't see progress, and it appears to be futile and useless, then that political support begins to evaporate rather quickly.
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I've never seen hard work fail.
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Yes, actually ever since I saw his films and tried to write about them, Sirk's been in everything I've done. Not Sirk himself, but what I've learned from his work.
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What I found when I became Secretary of State was a lot of doubts and a lot of concerns and fears from friends, allies, around the world.
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If there's nothing in here but atoms, does that make us less or does that make matter more?
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Figuring out how to eat healthfully on your own without your parents' guidance is one of the hardest lessons you must learn when you leave home for college.
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Acting is very similar to modeling.
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I took a gamble in becoming an actor and my dream job has been realised.
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I have the authority to address the threat from Isil, but I believe we are strongest as a nation when the president and Congress work together. So I welcome congressional support for this effort in order to show the world that Americans are united in confronting this danger.
