Barack Obama Quotes
Insist that the first question each of us asks isn't "What's good for me?" but "What's good for the country my children will inherit?
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Any time you can give consumers more of what they want, it's a good thing. Unbundling the album is a good thing. In the case of music - because it is content that you can slice into songs - doing that is of huge benefit to consumers.
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The good news is that parents are the leading influence on kids' decision not to drink alcohol.
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There is something fascinating about every human being. The question is how much they're willing to divulge.
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I'm not too good at lying still in the sun.
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We need more children raised in the optimum situation, which is between a mom and a dad bonded together for life.
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The four characteristics of humanism are curiosity, a free mind, belief in good taste, and belief in the human race.
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I see my fans as music lovers. I really love that. There's no age group or demographic. It's people of all ages and backgrounds. Country people and non-country people. I wanted to make music across the board.
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I have been in private law practice in New York City, where my husband and I are raising our children.
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For me, take Tiger Woods. I always thought he was great, but I never truly understood how good he was until I had the chance to go to Tiger Woods Golf Camp. He taught me how to swing and was hitting the ball, and this dude was unreal.
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I've done fine in this business, but I've never made quite enough money to have a family or have many options.
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That's the most important thing you do in your life - raise children and try to do the best job as a parent and give your kids the best shot in life to go out there into the big, bad world.
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It's important to have good tunes, but words are the thing for me.
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The first money I have been offered was as District Officer Ba.
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I'm not really into method acting - the way I was taught was the good old-fashioned British way of just doing your research and getting on with it.
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Sometimes in the morning, when it's a good surf, I go out there, and I don't feel like it's a bad world.
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I have always loved astronomy, and being an astronomer once lurked in the back of my mind. But I was never good at algebra. In fact, I flunked it twice in high school.
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I got behind that pencil and nothing happened for many years, but since they put me in the Songwriters Hall of Fame, I've turned around. I took a good look at myself and said, I think it's time to get back at work.
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Israeli governments cling to the two-state notion because it seems to reflect the sentiments of the Jewish Israeli majority, and it shields the country from international opprobrium even as it camouflages relentless efforts to expand Israel's territory into the West Bank.
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Social topics may hit too close to home for people, but then again, if you pull a heartstring, then that's what country music is. It's not just songs about getting drunk and leaving your girl.
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I had to write something and couldn't think of a plot, so I decided to write a Cinderella story because it already had a plot! Then, when I thought about Cinderella's character, I realized that she was too much of a goody-two-shoes for me, and I would hate her before I finished ten pages.
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I'm very much of the opinion that theatre is a collective art form, not just one person's vision.
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Certain kinds of people will always have an issue with my music. But that's fine; it's OK. I don't want to be the McDonald's of music. I don't want to not turn anyone off. If you were everybody's cup of tea, you'd probably be boring.
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You sort of start thinking anything's possible if you've got enough nerve.
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Insist that the first question each of us asks isn't "What's good for me?" but "What's good for the country my children will inherit?
