Barack Obama Quotes
The government can't solve every problem, but an enlightened government can make sure that people can work hard for their dreams and achieve them.
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I've been writing a lot of poetry recently. It helps me think and work things out.
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It's good to keep in mind that prominence is always a mix of hard work, eloquence in your practice, good timing and fortuitous social relations. Everything can't be personalized.
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I've always respected and appreciated Punk, but we never really hung out. We came from the same route, but we didn't necessarily hang out in the same circles. I've always had a great appreciation and respect for his hard work.
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The 'Islam vs. the West' dialogue ceased to be about real people a long time ago.
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The state must be the first to be organized and totally committed to serving the interests of the people.
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I never said I don't like gay people.
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To be honest, before I joined the industry, I knew very little about the fashion world, and I hardly knew any name brands. Probably because the price tags were a little too high, and home girl needed to work.
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Why should people go out and pay money to see bad films when they can stay at home and see bad television for nothing?
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The Obama administration came into Utah and said, 'We're not going to listen to what the U.S. Supreme Court said. 'We, the federal government, are going to recognize marriages in the state of Utah and Utah state law explicitly does not recognize as marriage,' and that was really, in my view, an abuse of power.
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We have peace with Israel. We're actually the last man standing. So there is going to be immense pressure and people asking, 'Why are we having this relationship when it's not benefiting anybody?' Obviously, my answer is you always benefit from peace.
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I've been working for many years and I think I've managed to work with some of the best people in the business, which has been rewarding and an apprenticeship.
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People say, 'How does having kids change your writing? Do you see the world through their eyes?' No - you just become a faster songwriter... In the old days, you'd be like, 'Oh I'm gonna work on this song for a few days.'
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I had a job since I was old enough to work - since I was, like, 14.
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I was in New York doing musicals in the theater and on Broadway before 'Orange,' so people always ask, 'Are you ever going to get to sing? Does she even sing?' But people who know me know I actually do sing.
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No more distressing moment can ever face a British government than that which requires it to come to a hard, fast and specific decision.
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As an old-time New Yorker, it's not that I miss the '70s and '80s or whatever. I miss the fact that there was a certain kind of energy that exists when people can live for nothing.
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A majority in all parties do, I think, want to see local government recover its old vigour and independence.
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Music is really something that makes people whole.
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I wrote a great deal about the Civil Rights Movement when I was writing for 'The Nation' in the '60s, and also for Esquire magazine. Reading the biography of Coffin, it just reminded me that in those days, when you saw the term 'Christian,' it usually meant people for civil rights and for justice.
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I was always controversial, being gay, so nothing was more controversial than that.
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Beauty: the adjustment of all parts proportionately so that one cannot add or subtract or change without impairing the harmony of the whole.
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Acting is not glamorous. It's not. Anybody who wants to get into acting for the glamour is in for a hard time.
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We should not pour muck on ourselves.
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The government can't solve every problem, but an enlightened government can make sure that people can work hard for their dreams and achieve them.
