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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New York's my home. Born and raised. I'm a New Yorker to the bone.
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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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When I was born, the doctor looked at my mother and said, 'Congratulations, you have an actor!'
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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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So I was the son of a man who had Vietnam living inside him. Yeah I had all kinds of reasons for feeling sorry for myself. Being fifteen didn't help. Sometimes I thought that being fifteen was the worst tragedy of all.
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Knowledge, a rude unprofitable mass, the mere materials with which wisdom builds, till smoothed and squared and fitted to its place, does but encumber whom it seems to enrich. Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much; wisdom is humble that he knows no more.
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I went through a low phase for two years when I had a string of flops. At that time, I even felt that I was in the wrong profession and that I should leave acting. But thankfully, I utilised that time to introspect and went on a self-exploration trip. I did theatre in between, and it helped grow the fire within me.
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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.
