Barack Obama Quotes
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Quotes to Explore
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I have absolutely no regret about my vote against this war. The same questions remain. The cost in human lives, the cost to our budget, probably 100 billion. We could have probably brought down that statue for a lot less.
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I posed nude to show my parents they couldn't dictate to me any more - that I control my life.
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If you see a whole thing - it seems that it's always beautiful. Planets, lives... But up close a world's all dirt and rocks. And day to day, life's a hard job, you get tired, you lose the pattern.
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If something is mine, then I want to keep it.
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I don't like possessions.
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In South Africa, being Chinese meant I wasn't white and I wasn't black. I trained in Baragwanath Hospital, the largest black hospital in South Africa. That was around 1976, the time of the Soweto Uprising, when police fired on children and students who were protesting. I was part of the group of interns who volunteered to treat them.
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We should always remember that it is by His invitation that we come to His holy house, the temple of the Lord. We should respond to His invitation by being worthy, by being prepared, and by having the temple as a priority in our lives. While in the temple we should act as if we are in His holy presence.
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A core part of Teach For America's mission has always been affecting positive change in the traditional public school system.
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My favorite soundtrack is 'Avatar.' It's the best thing in the world. I love it.
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I'm a holy man minus the holiness.
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If you want to read and you want to draw, that helps you to express yourself.
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Beauty is when you can appreciate yourself. When you love yourself, that's when you're most beautiful.
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When I was immobilized by fear, I might have a panic attack. I've had a couple of panic attacks in my life.
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Women's Lib? I couldn't stand it.
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There are three orchestras in Munich, all world-quality, in a city of one million. Yet every hall is full.
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Space exploration is important research to our economic and national defense, and America's space program is a symbol of our success as a scientifically and technologically advanced nation.
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Don't get me wrong – I've gone to a club. But I'd much rather be with my close friends at home or a concert, or on a trip. I'll go dancing with my grandma. She likes to cut a rug!
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I base jumped off one of the highest buildings in the world.
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A house full of new furniture doesn't mean a whole lot.
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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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I do not think we should be trying to save our freedom by killing the safeguards that keep our liberties.
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All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man's life, lifting it from the sphere of mere physical existence and leading the individual towards freedom.
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Leaving Australia was the hardest thing I have ever done.
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The Freedom of Information Act should be administered with a clear presumption: In the face of doubt, openness prevails.
