Barack Obama Quotes
In the end, no amount of American forces can solve the political differences that lie at the heart of somebody else's civil war.
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Violin playing is a physical art with great traditions behind it.
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I live in the moment, and I reflect later.
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Time Inc. has amazing titles - really great content.
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My first job ever was on 'Peak Practice.' I just had to walk up the stairs. They kept the take where I slipped slightly, which was annoying.
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All I want is an education, and I am afraid of no one.
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I redefined how I ate and exercised and have continued to keep that up because it feels great.
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One morning I woke up and was plunged into psychological shock. I had forgotten I was free.
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Marriage is a gamble, let's be honest.
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There are some tremendous actors in the U.K. who have been knighted, and I've spent much of my life admiring many of them, like Laurence Olivier. So it's very flattering to be in their company.
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I'm blonde and tanned and normal-sized! I'm sweet, shy, funny, have a big heart and I'm nice - and I like to eat.
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I don't think of reflection on dark things as necessarily dark.
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I am an ardent supporter of capitalism - but I also understand that while individuals have inalienable, God-given rights, corporations do not.
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Film music should have the same relationship to the film drama that somebody's piano playing in my living room has on the book I am reading.
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I have always appreciated those who dare to experiment with materials and proportions.
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Winston Churchill was not entirely British. His mother was American, making Sir Winston part Iroquois Indian.
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The U.N.'s humanitarian agencies rely on charitable donations from the public as well as the generosity of governments to continue their lifesaving work in response to natural disasters, armed conflicts and other emergencies.
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My life is my message.
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I kinda went through a semi-depression. Honestly. Like, I lost myself.
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What is the relationship between spirituality and ethical practice? Since love and compassion and similar qualities all, by definition, presume some level of concern for others' well-being, they presume ethical restraint. We cannot be loving and compassionate unless at the same time we curb our own harmful impulses and desires.
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The Badlands were extensive. Ancient bomb craters and soil erosion joined hands here; man’s talent for war, coupled with his inability to manage forested land, had produced thousands of square miles of temperate purgatory, where nothing moved but dust.
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The number one priority now is reducing the deficit that they [Labour] left us - the biggest deficit since the Second World War.
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My mother would give my brothers and me a pile of catalogues and let us pick what we wanted for Christmas.
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That faeries have forgotten the Tapestry; that is the greatest tragedy of all. It's the fabric of all creation and it's woven of dreams, the dreams of the Djinn. Dreams are real, Magpie. They're seed and water and sun. They're everything.
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In the end, no amount of American forces can solve the political differences that lie at the heart of somebody else's civil war.
