Barack Obama Quotes
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Hollywood is strange in and of itself. People dress up and pretend to be other people, and you can either make millions of dollars, or no money. It's odd.
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You need a routine, to be able to spend some time with a person, and my lifestyle is constantly on the move.
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I don't think that - you know, I'm sure that there's guys that are doing it, because I'm sure in every sport there's players who want to get the edge. But I think that it's been blown overly - way more than guys are using it in our game.
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We're all basically made of the same stuff: generosity and selfishness, goodness and greed.
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I enjoy doing new tunes. It gives me a little bit to perk up, to pay a little bit more attention.
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It's very scary to turn things down, but a project has to really mean something to me. I'm not interested in making a lot of money.
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Melville brought to the task a sound knowledge of actual whaling, much curious learning in the literature of the subject, and, above all, an imagination which worked with great power upon the facts of his own experience.
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The rewards of freedom are always sweet, but its demands are stern, for at its heart is the paradox that the greatest enemy of freedom is freedom.
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I was so ashamed of who I was.
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What makes Ireland inclined toward the drama is that it's a great country for conversation.
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You can tell a lot about a person just by watching their facial expressions. But there are times when it's best to hide your feelings, especially at work.
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I'd be interested to read Gull's paper on it, and I wish Alan would put it in somewhere. It gives him a relevance to our times, which he doesn't otherwise have. Gull, I mean, not Alan.
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Since I became Secretary-General, five years ago, I have seen youth participate at the United Nations as never before.
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Whether slavery shall go into Nebraska, or other new territories, is not a matter of exclusive concern to the people who may go there. The whole nation is interested that the best use shall be made of these territories. We want them for the homes of free white people.
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I don't think there are any men who are faithful to their wives.
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One day, I'll be listening to a bunch of Ray Charles, the next day it's nothing but Red Hot Chili Peppers. The next day it might be Tupac all day.
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What I would say about Barney Eastwood is that when our relationship worked, it worked extremely well. He had a lot of strengths as a promoter and a manager.
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I think sometimes good sentimentality is fun when it's balanced.
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My dad was a huge Bob Dylan fan, so we listened to his music, Cat Stevens, Simon & Garfunkel, and all that kind of stuff.
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I never want to be a spectacle, but I also feel like a look should always have a little bit of an edge.
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As children, we looked up to our maids and our nannies, who were playing in some ways the role of our mothers. They were paid to be nice to us, to look after us, teach us things and take time out of their day to be with us. As a child you think of these people as an extension of your mother.
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I always thought those World War II films with German people speaking English with German accents was weird.
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I barely have time for my own children. To adopt more children and not have time for them, that would be poor parenting on my part.
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