Barack Obama Quotes
Iran has to live up to its international obligations. . . . The president has said that our patience is not unlimited.
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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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I come bearing an olive branch in one hand, and the freedom fighter's gun in the other. Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand.
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No 17-year-old is just one thing, especially in this day and age. Kids are into all sorts of things.
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I am not into marriage. You look at all the marriages breaking down and all the people cheating on their marriages, and you become cynical. Marriage is nothing but a label.
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Great leaders have a heart for people. They take time for people. They view people as the bottom line, not as a tool to get to the bottom line.
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I condemn everyone and anyone who commits acts of terrorism. And Hamas has committed acts of terrorism.
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Sorrel adds a unique grassy sharpness to salads and dressings, but it can be hard to come by.
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What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.
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Men are freest when they are most unconscious of freedom. The shout is a rattling of chains, always was.
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You should always leave the party 10 minutes before you actually do.
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Of one thing there is no doubt: if Paris makes demands of the heart, then Munich makes demands of the stomach.
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Do not quit! Hundreds of times I have watched people throw in the towel at the one-yard line while someone else comes along and makes a fortune by just going that extra yard.
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When you practice gratefulness, there is a sense of respect toward others.
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I remember back in the early '70s, when I had a disastrous Grand Prix, my wife, Lynn, said to me, 'Don't worry, you're going to be a late boomer.' That's what she said to me, and I've always held that thought.
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If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.
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Donald Trump did denounce David Duke's support.
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By 1990 I went back to no gasoline; I was just riding around on my bike, taking the bus. I had a tiny little electric car that didn't go very far or very fast. People thought I'd lost my mind. Even my own family thought I'd lost my mind.
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Any Wall Street advertising that does not go into the boring details of methodology is most likely to be pushing past performance.
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I'm always trying to find brain food and indulge in knowledge that's gonna be useful.
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I studied writing at university, and I actually majored in screenwriting. Then I went to work as a bookseller and then as a sales rep and publicist and then various editorial jobs until I ended up with HarperCollins in Australia.
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Why couldn't I be more like other girls my age? Take Mrs. Brown's niece. She spent every waking hour sizing up this beau or that, stitching tea towels and petticoats and putting aside a little each month for a set of Spode Buttercup dishes.
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It's important to have a really clear strategy so when you are in business, you only have to make micro-strategy changes.
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We understand that we're going to be outspent. But we still think we can win decisively because there's some things money can't buy. Among these are votes.
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Iran has to live up to its international obligations. . . . The president has said that our patience is not unlimited.
