Barack Obama Quotes
Fixing a broken immigration system. Protecting our kids from gun violence. Equal pay for equal work, paid leave, raising the minimum wage. All these things still matter to hardworking families; they are still the right thing to do; and I will not let up until they get done.
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Humor disarms people. It opens them up to starting a dialogue about things they wouldn't normally talk about. I don't understand how people who don't have a sense of humor get through life.
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Cobnuts have a fresher flavour than any other nut I know of and go very well with autumnal fruit and light cheeses.
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The cause of our difficulties in southeast Asia is not a deficiency of power but an excess of the wrong kind of power which results in a feeling of impotence when it fails to achieve its desired ends.
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The words of truth are always paradoxical.
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A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
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I'm not a sun person.
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By and large my relations with the US were good.
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It's very difficult switching over from one character to another.
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I've never been in a relationship before. I've only been in unrequited relationships where people haven't loved me back. I guess I'm a little bit attracted to that in a bad way.
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What do I think of Western civilization? I think it would be a very good idea.
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Don't try to be like somebody else. You'll be miserable. You need to be yourself, and don't ever get a big head.
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I like doing my own stunts.
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I hate shaving. It's much easier to just do a little stubble, but my wife and daughter like it when I'm clean-shaven. If you see me with a clean face, then you know I'm in the kissing mode!
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Just keep taking chances and having fun.
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Sometimes it's more difficult to achieve a 10% cost reduction than it is to tell people they have to achieve 50%. Small incremental steps block your view of doing something fundamentally different.
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Debate is healthy and no one in this chamber - starting with me - has a monopoly on being right.
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The best part of being a vegan is the purity and peace of mind one experiences and the strong connection I feel to the animal kingdom.
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My grandmother knitted me a crochet top when I was 15. I still fit into it and will never give it away.
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I grew up barefoot, dirty, climbing trees. It made me appreciate things more.
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I was never really that interested in the punk movement. I was a blues guy: I liked Motown, James Brown.
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I pick out young people and teach them in less time than it would take me to alter the methods of people from the boards, and I get actors who look the parts they have to fill.
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It may look like things have gotten better, because everyone is semi-being appreciative. Not appreciative, but conscious of people being gender fluid and all those things.
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I know that man who forsakes Truth can forsake his country and his nearest and dearest ones.
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Fixing a broken immigration system. Protecting our kids from gun violence. Equal pay for equal work, paid leave, raising the minimum wage. All these things still matter to hardworking families; they are still the right thing to do; and I will not let up until they get done.
