Barack Obama Quotes
Life takes its own turns, makes its own demands, writes its own story, and along the way, we start to realize we are not the author.
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One ever feels his twoness - an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder.
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I think there's no greater healing power than music.
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If you keep saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.
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A well-aimed spear is worth three.
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I have everything that I could possibly want in life, from a gorgeous granddaughter and a wonderful wife, brilliant students, the best job anyone could hope for, and about half of my hair. Not the half I would have kept, but no one consulted me.
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Well, we've faced very difficult decisions and challenges in our country, every one of us have, as we - since September 11th, as we fought the war on terror, all of those decisions that the President had to make to put young men and women in harm's way.
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'A living dog is better than a dead lion.' Judge Douglas, if not a dead lion for this work, is at least a caged and toothless one. How can he oppose the advances of slavery? He don't care anything about it.
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If people have bought something of mine, they know by now that I will decline writing it for the movies.
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I don't trust that many people. Just my mother and my wife and a couple of friends. When I trust people, it doesn't end well.
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We served on the editorial board of a literary monthly called Face in 1968 and 1969. He was a young writer, and I was also interested in broad cultural issues. We agreed on all major issues and became friends.
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I wish - I wish the peace and good for the Syrian citizen and the Syrian regime.
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How individuals of the same species surpass each other in these sensations and in other bodily faculties is universally known, but there is a limit to them, and their power cannot extend to every distance or to every degree.
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We live in a world of virtual goods where none of us own the 0s and 1s. What are you going to do?
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I can imagine that the Iraqis undertake the destruction out of fear. If they had denied it, if they had said no, that certainly would have played into the hands of those that would like to take armed action immediately. I have no illusions in that regard.
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I don't function well in chaos, whether it be my sheets or the dishwasher.
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I have plenty of investments that I wish I'd never made. But the model is to lose money on a lot of investments and then make 1,000X or 10,000X on an investment.
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I am fortunate enough with my career that I can speak out to the masses and hopefully be a part of initiating change.
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If the leader is filled with high ambition and if he pursues his aims with audacity and strength of will, he will reach them in spite of all obstacles.
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I have two children. They're grown children. I don't think they particularly enjoy it when I'm in a dangerous situation, but they also understand that this is something I feel strongly about. It's what I've done my whole life.
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Because of the earlier loss of the two elder siblings, my brother and I lived a very pampered and protected life. Nursemaids kept constant watch. With my parents busy at dinner parties and social events, we only met them as if for a daily royal audience.
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God is the author, men are only the players. These grand pieces which are played upon earth have been composed in heaven.
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The beauty of performance for me is finding details with which to betray character.
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Life takes its own turns, makes its own demands, writes its own story, and along the way, we start to realize we are not the author.
