Barack Obama Quotes
Today is a chance for Americans, especially our young people, to say thank you for all the things we love from Japan. Like karate and karaoke. Manga and anime. And, of course, emojis.
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Not to oversimplify it, somebody once said a good rule of thumb in interpreting a character is to find the good in the bad people that you portray and the bad in the good.
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Boxing is a sport. We allow each other to hit each other, but I'm not treating my opponent like my enemy. We're doing a job to entertain people.
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There are lots of actors who are awful people, but nobody talks about them being awful because they've made billions.
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When people are wrong, you've got to let them know it.
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I always try to put something personal on my albums just to give people out there a little piece of my history and how I got where I am and who I am.
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I don't know what impression you might have of the way I live. I live in a quiet place. I do not live as a hermit, though other people would prefer it if I did.
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Political systems are run by self-selecting politicians. We don't draft people; it's not jury duty.
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It's always been a great survival value for people to believe they belong to a superior tribe. That's just in human relationships.
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I really like playing good guys, of course. Although, people make mistakes in their lives, and you could say that the mistakes make us who we are, by how we respond to them. I just don't want to play boring good guys, but I don't have that problem, anyway.
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Actors get pigeonholed very quickly, particularly movie actors. In the theater, one is more used to casting people against type and trusting that their talent and skill will get them through.
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Well, as you know, General Motors does not make hybrids. Ford only made 4,000 hybrids last year.
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Most people think I'm immodest.
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People wanted Bitcoin to live so much, they basically willed it back into existence. That showed me how passionate this community was about it.
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You can't just take an image and randomly distort it and call it art - although many people in La Jolla where I come from do precisely that.
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With epidemics, people have been standing on the shore, waiting for the gusher to hit the ocean. But to prevent epidemics, you have to look at the various little sources that feed into the river.
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I will never be an insider. I want to be the champion of people who don't have insiders and lobbyists supporting them.
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I feel like I've been fortunate enough that I've gotten to meet and work with some really passionate people.
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I get 'USA Today,' the 'New York Times,' 'Wall Street Journal' and the 'Star-Telegram' at my doorstep. I can't do without them.
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Cash as a physical entity will virtually cease to exist, with coins and checkbooks consigned to museums. As people conduct their financial transactions on hand-held devices made secure by advanced biometrics, even tipping will be done electronically.
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'Idol' was a great experience. It was a great stepping-stone. I got to meet a lot of amazing people through that and learn a lot of great things. But afterward - that's what I tell a lot of people - it's up to you to represent it as an artist.
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In a very grim view of this, there are lives that are going to be lost because patients won't get access to these drugs.
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I have a theory that self-made, first-generation actresses don't feel entitled to success.
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The fact is that there is enough food in the world for everyone. But tragically, much of the world's food and land resources are tied up in producing beef and other livestock-food for the well off-while millions of children and adults suffer from malnutrition and starvation.
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Today is a chance for Americans, especially our young people, to say thank you for all the things we love from Japan. Like karate and karaoke. Manga and anime. And, of course, emojis.
