Barack Obama Quotes
We've had every official in Hawaii, Democrat and Republican, every news outlet that has investigated this, confirm that, yes, in fact, I was born in Hawaii, Aug. 4, 1961, in Kapiolani Hospital.
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I don't want the news to be patriotic. I don't want to see flags on the lapels of the anchors. I don't want any of that.
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My background playing soccer gave me a natural advantage over many of the American-born players.
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In fact, I don't read newspapers any longer.
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But my observation has been, certainly in the news business, you've got to give 110 percent.
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I guess I was just meant to be a secretary who doesn't take shorthand. I'm a lousy typist, too - 33 words a minute.
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I think family is our reason for being. I was lucky to be born into a very close-knit family.
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My dad got me hooked on the news. That was a good thing.
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My success? Being born the son of Moses Annenberg.
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Someone – a man – advised me not to become a news anchor because my eyelashes were too long, and they would distract the viewers.
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Most of us can now record a whole series with the click of a button. We all have DVD players, and the rise of the DVD box-set means we watch this stuff in two, three-hour sessions. So there is this real appetite out there for lengthy, pretty intricate drama. All that is great news for writers.
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Most estimates of the mortality risk posed by asteroid impacts put it at about the same risk as flying in a commercial airliner. However, you have to remember that this is like the entire human race riding the plane - it is one of the few risks that really could wipe us all out.
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I was born in 1928 and by 1931 the Depression was beginning to mount.
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Bloody Christmas, here again, let us raise a loving cup, peace on earth, goodwill to men, and make them do the washing up.
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No grand idea was ever born in a conference, but a lot of foolish ideas have died there.
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I had the misfortune of being born in a horrendous situation.
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When I discover who I am, I'll be free.
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A person is born with a liking for profit.
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I once spent a year in Philadelphia, I think it was on a Sunday.
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Just write the best you can about the things that concern you most. I never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun.
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Apparently there is nothing in the news that falls between inhuman acts of horror and kittens.
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I don't see myself as an artist, as a writer. The sort of writing that I do, which is popular fiction, it's work. I have contracts to fulfil, and I have deadlines to meet.
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It is a fact that the US defence budget is larger than the defence budgets of all other countries taken together. This is why I understand the US President when he says that his NATO allies should take over part of this burden. It is a pragmatic and understandable approach.
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We've had every official in Hawaii, Democrat and Republican, every news outlet that has investigated this, confirm that, yes, in fact, I was born in Hawaii, Aug. 4, 1961, in Kapiolani Hospital.
