Barack Obama Quotes
I want to be very clear: I will not sign on to any health plan that adds to our deficits over the next decade.
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'Empathy' is the latest code word for liberal activism, for treating the Constitution as malleable clay to be kneaded and molded in whatever form justices want. It represents an expansive view of the judiciary in which courts create policy that couldn't pass the legislative branch or, if it did, would generate voter backlash.
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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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Most of the time, those who use animals in experiments justify that use by pointing to alleged benefits to human and animal health and the supposed necessity of using animals to obtain those benefits.
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We want to encourage people to talk to one another.
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The only thing I want to say is, I know I'm not Einstein, but I'm not the queen of the imbeciles either.
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Of course I want to look well and fit - and as an athlete, I want to look strong.
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It was the labor movement that helped secure so much of what we take for granted today. The 40-hour work week, the minimum wage, family leave, health insurance, Social Security, Medicare, retirement plans. The cornerstones of the middle-class security all bear the union label.
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I just want to make a classic. Classic is the standard. I'm just trying to make music that will last a lifetime.
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I realized, 'Oh, it's easier to get what I want if I embrace the sex symbol thing.' Microphones are more in my face, and I can say things about the kids that I mentor and open more access to more doors.
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The worst thing would be for a Canada to develop a Hollywood. This is an industry we are going to have to fight to defend. We have to compete now so productions stay here. We don't want entertainment to be like the steel industry.
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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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I want to encourage women to take control of their health.
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I'm the youngest of five girls, and I don't know about you, but it's really hard to be heard when you have five women. I've always been this loud and over the top as a person because I just want to be heard.
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A lot of guys go, 'Hey, Yog, say a Yogi-ism.' I tell 'em, 'I don't know any.' They want me to make one up. I don't make 'em up. I don't even know when I say it. They're the truth. And it is the truth. I don't know.
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The record business is dangerous to the health of bands and individuals, which is something I'm just now learning. But it's not dangerous in any of the ways people think; it's not that they try to make you compromise your art. That's not the problem.
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I want to be in 'Glee', but I'm told I'm not famous enough to be a cameo yet.
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Just watching Jack Lemmon made me want to get into this business.
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I wouldn't dream of working on something that didn't make my gut rumble and my heart want to explode.
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If the kids did want to get into showbiz then so be it, but I would never project anything on to my children.
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All our own present experiences are primordial. What could be more primordial than experience itself?
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The environment shapes people's actions.
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Japan's alliance with the U.S. will only grow in importance amid the increasingly difficult security situation surrounding our country, thus I think it is necessary to keep the marines in Okinawa, a geographically strategic location from the standpoint of maintaining deterrence.
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I still love playing live because a good gig is the most exciting thing ever.
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I want to be very clear: I will not sign on to any health plan that adds to our deficits over the next decade.
