Barack Obama Quotes
Our environment is too important to neglect and it's time for the federal government to focus on real solutions and live up to their promises.
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We live in a fast-paced culture where we're asked to make snap decisions all day long, so I suppose cash-point donations feed into the immediacy of our life experience. So it's a great idea. But I think it needs careful handling.
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What gets people into trouble with records now is that they want to build something up without substantial musical ideas. Without that as a foundation, you can add all the layers of sound you want - it's still going to sound like a mess.
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I think a British icon is someone who conducts themself with real dignity: someone who is truly talented and modest. These are things that I would aspire to in my career.
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I just feel it's important to make sure that behind the scenes is as filled with diverse voices as in front of the scene is.
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People are really talkative in New York. Someone always comes up to me and says 'Hi' during the day.
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The great aim of your life should be to keep your powers up to the highest possible standard, to so conserve your energies, guard your health, that you can make every occasion a great occasion.
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In general, I don't know when inspiration will pop up.
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Mainly, I hope to inspire honesty. We live in a space where so much can be manipulated, and so much is expected to be manipulated - curated, contrived, edited. I think that's a real detriment to self expression and happiness in a lot of ways. In my mind, honesty and vulnerability is the way forward.
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One cannot spend one's time in being modern when there are so many more important things to be.
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It wasn't until I let go of the idea of the brass ring that it showed up, and fortunately for me, it coincided with getting clean.
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Decisions are made by those who show up.
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If I'm going to wind up playing left, I want to be the best left fielder in the game. I'll work to be that.
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A guitar is a very personal extension of the person playing it. You have to be emotionally and spiritually connected to your instrument. I'm very brutal on my instruments, but not all the time.
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It is important to keep the filmmakers interested in you so they can offer you everything and anything. We actors are not given work on the basis of audience poll; the filmmaker will cast you after they see and like your work. It is essential to do different kind of films and not get typecast.
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The fact is most computer roleplaying games that offer a zillion highly specialized skills end up with nine-tenths of a zillion skills that every player quickly realizes aren't worth the experience points to buy.
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I've got three sisters, five aunties, and my mom. It must have had an influence on me growing up.
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I'm somebody who doesn't feel the need to be in the driver's seat all the time. I appreciate the perspective of being in the passenger's seat sometimes, and I feel fortunate for that because I've learned a lot from that perspective.
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I grew up a daughter of a United States Marine, a daughter of a man so proud to be an American.
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I knew that I'd be able to climb the mountain, but in such a short period? I didn't think so. I mean, 'SmackDown Live' is the land of opportunity, and I'm a living proof of that.
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Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
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With a track like 'White Christmas,' everybody has done that song in every format you can imagine, so I just looked at the chords at that particular song and what chords would make it work. That's kind of quite a sad song, and I had this idea of someone singing it in the subway, someone who is homeless, old and sad.
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The soul force we need in America today, more than any other, is the spirit of atonement. We need to humble ourselves before God and ask forgiveness for the things we have done wrong. We need to ask God to forgive us for our arrogance.
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In the matter of justice, all should be equal in your eyes.
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Our environment is too important to neglect and it's time for the federal government to focus on real solutions and live up to their promises.
