Barack Obama Quotes
As I reflect back on what's worked for me in this [presidential] office it's been that I've gotten people who maybe didn't believe in the process to get engaged. Ironically, I've even gotten the other side that maybe didn't believe in the process to get engaged.
Quotes to Explore
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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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I took my acting very seriously. I did over 40 films, and naturally, some of them were called B-movies because the woman was at the top of the billing. Women couldn't star in their own movies.
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I work in the most non-Communist job. I work for 'Martha Stewart Living.'
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No sensible author wants anything but praise.
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When I was in school, there was no such thing as girls' athletics.
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There is a certain amount of dissatisfaction that goes with knowing your time, talent and abilities are not being properly used.
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All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.
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I have a chart for success at school because it gave me a great deal of pleasure. It opened my mind to the world. I learned to read.
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I write about myself with the same pencil and in the same exercise book as about him. It is no longer I, but another whose life is just beginning.
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Fear was absolutely necessary. Without it, I would have been scared to death.
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We don't normally think of it as such, but writing is a technology.
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All action results from thought, so it is thoughts that matter.
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The man who can make others laugh secures more votes for a measure than the man who forces them to think.
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I believe that all men and women will be saved.
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Our growing, robust economy is able to provide the average American citizen access to the best social program there is - a steady job.
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Scientifically speaking, if I say something, or it gets misquoted, or people put a spin on it... I mean, are you interested, really, in what people are saying?
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I don't get hung up on weight.
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Architecture is unnecessarily difficult. It's very tough.
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Football matters so much to people, and they get very defensive - or angry.
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There are people who are able to plan their career, their future, but I've never had any talent for that. I just do things and hope for the best. Say yes, take a chance, and sometimes it's terrific and sometimes it's not.
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Everyone should have the opportunity to get affordable, quality health coverage.
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I am an unusual Irishman. I'm probably Ireland's third most famous Jewish son.
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The more one has suffered, the less one demands. To protest is a sign one has traversed no hell.
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As I reflect back on what's worked for me in this [presidential] office it's been that I've gotten people who maybe didn't believe in the process to get engaged. Ironically, I've even gotten the other side that maybe didn't believe in the process to get engaged.
