Barack Obama Quotes
I agree with the basic principle that anybody who wants to serve in our armed forces and make sacrifices on our behalf, on behalf of our national security, anybody should be able to serve. And they shouldn't have to lie about who they are in order to serve.
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There is no 'natural' order, only the way things are.
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During the nineteenth century, men died believing in the cause of royalty or republicanism. In reality, much of their sacrifice was rendered on the altar of the new nationalism.
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I'm not too good at lying still in the sun.
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A noble purpose inspires sacrifice, stimulates innovation and encourages perseverance.
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It's a fallen world. We eat and sacrifice in the process.
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Let us sacrifice our today so that our children can have a better tomorrow.
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I'm in this band to give volume to various struggles throughout the world. To me, the tension in this band is a minimal sacrifice.
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Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed.
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In order to be universal, you have to be rooted in your own culture.
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In 1998, I self-published online in order to get a traditional deal.
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I don't order laws, I propose them.
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I really enjoy taking care of people, and I was really ready to have a kid, so I didn't have to sacrifice anything that I didn't want to give up.
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The ultimate binding element in the medieval order was subordination to the divine will and its earthly representatives, notably the pope.
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Obviously people read the books in order to be entertained.
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What we have to do, what at any rate it is our duty to do, is to revive the old art of Lying.
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What the detective story is about is not murder but the restoration of order.
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I used to think that the Civil War was our country's greatest tragedy, but I do remember that there were some redeeming features in the Civil War in that there was some spirit of sacrifice and heroism displayed on both sides. I see no redeeming features in Watergate.
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'Nothin' on You' changed my life: I finally feel that I reached the point where I wanna be at. At times I questioned whether it was worth the sacrifice, but now I see it was.
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I started making music that I loved and was passionate and excited about, but it was really cool when I started touring to realize it's an extremely diverse group of people who come out. In the front row, I'll have everyone from a little girl in a frilly tutu, to rockers and gamers and older couples. I love it that it's just everybody.
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What is to be done? We who are still half alive, living in the often fibrillating heartland of a senescent capitalism -- can we do more than reflect the decay around and within us? Can we do more than sing our sad and bitter songs of disillusion and defeat?
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I'd much rather wear out than rust out.
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The small man builds cages for everyone he knows While the sage, who has to duck his head when the moon is low, Keeps dropping keys all night long For the beautiful rowdy prisoners.
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I agree with the basic principle that anybody who wants to serve in our armed forces and make sacrifices on our behalf, on behalf of our national security, anybody should be able to serve. And they shouldn't have to lie about who they are in order to serve.
