Barack Obama Quotes

When I've sent young men and women into harm's way, I always understand that that is the last resort, not the first resort.

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• From the day of its birth, the anomaly of slavery plagued a nation which asserted the equality of all men, and sought to derive powers of government from the consent of the governed. Within sound of the voices of those who said this lived more than half a million black slaves, forming nearly one-fifth of the population of a new nation.

  

  W. E. B. Du Bois
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• We would be able to deal with Islam if we were allowed to deal with it in the way we think we should.

  

  Viktor Orban
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• There's a tendency among some male writers to make the women in their stories weak and needing of rescue so that their hero looks like a manly man.

  

  Karin Slaughter
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• After marriage, most women keep aside their aspirations and dreams as their priorities change.

  

  Manju Warrier
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• It's an honor to be a part of Magic Shave as their new ambassador. One of the problems that some African-American men have with shaving is razor bumps. Magic Shave is perfect because once you eliminate the razor, you eliminate the bumps, and it's so easy to use.

  

  Lance Gross
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• I don't care for the music when they're talking bad about women because I think women are God's greatest gift to the planet - I just like music.

  

  B. B. King
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• I like women with style to wear my shoes.

  

  Manolo Blahnik
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• In the X-Men the women are so strong and sexy! We really kick some male butt!

  

  Halle Berry
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• Regulators are going to have to come up with a way to treat Bitcoin that is balanced and thoughtful but also recognize that this is a global phenomenon.

  

  Barry Silbert
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• I'm done with men... I'm going to be alone. I have no luck with relationships. I don't think I'm made for marriage.

  

  Halle Berry
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• I love all women. Women are sublime beings. I love all of it: their eyes, their noses, their bodies.

  

  Patrick Demarchelier
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• Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the doubt, and remain silent.

  

  Napoleon Hill
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• Anyone who knows me knows that I'm way more of a joker than I am a serious person.

  

  Queen Latifah
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• I think where men are credited for being strong, women are divas. I just think it's such a cop out.

  

  Natalie Imbruglia
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• Men are fair, and they have learned not to personalize anger - they can disagree with you and argue to the bone, but afterward they still consider you a nice person with whom the underlying human relationship need not be altered.

  

  Warren Farrell
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• I find men terribly exciting, and any girl who says she doesn't is an anemic old maid, a streetwalker, or a saint.

  

  Lana Turner
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• We need to say that women have sex, have abortions, are at peace with the decision, and move on with their lives. We need to say that is their right, and, moreover, it's good for everyone that they have this right: The whole society benefits when motherhood is voluntary.

  

  Katha Pollitt
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• The No. 1 cause of preventable death for young black men is not auto accidents or accidental drowning, but homicide.

  

  Larry Elder
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  • Death
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• Forced labor affects the most vulnerable and least protected people, perpetuating a vicious cycle of poverty and dependency. Women, low-skilled migrant workers, children, indigenous peoples, and other groups suffering discrimination on different grounds are disproportionately affected.

  

  Wagner Moura
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• Film is much more visual, a scene is typically a lot shorter, you're dealing with a lot more characters, a lot more locations, and you're able to rely on things that you just can never do on the stage.

  

  Beau Willimon
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• Entrust your dreams and goals to people who will cheer you on and inspire you, who will tell you what you need to hear rather than what you want to hear so you can move forward and fast track.

  

  Rachael Bermingham
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• I would say to those who don't like the metaphor This is reality.

  

  Eliot Spitzer
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• I moved from a mountain with one traffic light to New York City when I was 17, and it was an amazing, eye opening, creative adventure. I would walk through the streets of Manhattan looking up at these huge buildings, amazed that I didn't know a single person in any of them.

  

  Rachel Boston
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• When I've sent young men and women into harm's way, I always understand that that is the last resort, not the first resort.

  

  Barack Obama
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