Barack Obama Quotes
I am the eternal optimist. I think that, over time, people respond to civility and -- and rational argument.
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I'm a huge fan of 'Heart On My Sleeve' - I think it has a 'Take That' feel to it! John Shanks and James Morrison wrote the track, and we spoke to Sony and asked if we could reference a 'Greatest Day'/'Rule The World' sound to make that epic ballad. I think it does the job.
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When belief in a god dies, the god dies.
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Smaller wrestlers are built for more exciting matches.
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When I was a kid, I had two great guilty pleasures. One was horror movies and the other was martial arts movies.
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The good news is that real-world hands-on conservation is alive and well and catching on across the America I travel.
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I applied for funding to embark on an overseas field trip in Iceland, and spent six weeks there happily holed up in the national archives, museums and libraries, sifting through ministerial and parish records, censuses, maps, microfilm, logs, and local histories.
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I just want to continue the success and be an athlete that is shown in a good light in New York City.
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I am not an oligarch. I am a servant and I try to align my interests and those of my investors.
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Our evolution could have gone in different directions a lot of times. We could have gone extinct at some points. We might not have gotten our big brains, or Neanderthals might have made it while we did not.
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I am convinced that only by applying the values of an entrepreneur to philanthropy will you ever be able to meet the needs of the greatest number of people.
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My Christian Louboutins are also one of the secrets to my not-for-profit success. Here's why - and it's something that everyone who manages employees, whether in a for-profit business or a not-for-profit, should keep in mind: A little extravagance goes a long way.
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Acting has always existed alongside my normal life. It's been a case of learning on the job. I've worked in so many styles, with so many people, so I've picked bits up from everyone and everything.
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I think being gay and gay people are the most wonderful things in the world. I wish all of us could have the power and pride to benefit from what is rightfully ours. Why isn't there an enormous building in Washington called the 'National Association of Lesbian and Gay Concerns' to lobby for us?
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I skate all the time, but it's silly for me to do contests when MTV is giving me a boatload of money.
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To the uneducated, an A is just three sticks.
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I'm a big Hall and Oates fan.
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My operas and my theatre works are very formal pieces.
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It was a great time to be born, because I got to have my own publishing company right from the beginning, so I made more money than somebody would have doing what I did ten or fifteen years before.
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Being different makes you beautiful.
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I don't ever watch myself. By watching, you try to perfect yourself, become a robot.
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Between richer and poorer classes in a free country a mutually respecting antagonism is much healthier than pity on the one hand and dependence on the other, as is, perhaps, the next best thing to fraternal feeling.
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An organisation that treats its programmers as morons will soon have programmers that are willing and able to act like morons only.
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When I was a little, little kid, my family got a new washing machine, and they had a big box that was left over. So I cut a big hole in the box, and I made it like a giant TV set. I brought it into the living room, and I did the news and the weather for my family.
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I am the eternal optimist. I think that, over time, people respond to civility and -- and rational argument.
