Barack Obama Quotes
We were just at the beginnings of a recovery [in 2010]. And the, you know, whoever is president at that point is gonna get hit and his party's gonna get hit. That then means that suddenly you've got a redistricting in which a lot of state legislatures are now Republican. They draw lines that give a huge structural advantage in subsequent elections.
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I simply can't do one-word message replies: Yes. Ok. No. Sure. Cool. None of these are options for me. I must write something extra. Something personal. I put kisses and emoticons. Emoticons, by the way, are my very best friends. They have removed all the pressure of thinking up something personal to say.
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Really, I have to laugh because there was a whole set of stories that made me sound like the Dragon Lady, you know, 'tough this and tough that.' Then there is this business about 'gooey.' The bottom line is I am a pragmatic idealist.
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I tried to play rugby but was never very good.
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I hear odd tracks from my albums every now and again on the radio, or maybe a friend plays me something.
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I can't laugh, be happy, present myself at any prize and also win on the centre court.
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I do like the research part of writing, I must admit.
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My position does not give me the liberty to exclude anything, but my mood tells me there will not be violence.
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When I was little, people like Talking Heads were on the radio. There was something geeky yet groundbreaking about them.
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One of the problems in the Navy is that tradition of being captain of the ship. And an awful lot of people can be retired in the Navy, get over it, get a life, and go on. But there's a lot who can't. And when they have to give up the ship, they got to be captain of something, every single day.
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It's all about sound. It's that simple.
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Every day, nay every moment, try to do some good deed.
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I have no problem with any gay group that says they're Republicans, but I will fight them tooth and nail if they try to change what the Republican Party believes.
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My Welsh grandmother Mair didn't meet my grandfather until she was 28, quite old to be unmarried in the early '40s.
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I first learned the power of trust in the CIA. There is no question that when I joined the Agency as a covert operations officer, it was still run along the 'old boys' network' model.
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I have loved movies as the number one thing in my life so long that I can't ever remember a time when I didn't.
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What we have as artists is the immortalization opportunity that others don't have, because our work is lasting; it's there forever to view.
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I passed a typing test and became a member of the staff of Rear Adm. Newton.
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There be those who say that things and places have souls, and there be those who say they have not; I dare not say, myself, but I will tell of The Street.
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I'm a different person in French. I'm a different person in New York. I'm a different person in Canada.
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While Jane Fonda has no shortage of knowledge to share, I was particularly moved and fascinated by her recovery from bulimia, which she battled with for over 25 years.
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As an actor, you read so many scripts and parts written for Asian-specific characters, and you see a lot of stereotypes and a lot of one-note characters, especially in comedy.
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When you see some evil you proceed to immediate action, you make an immediate attack to cure the symptom.
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You see all these movies of white men saving the world all the time.
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We were just at the beginnings of a recovery [in 2010]. And the, you know, whoever is president at that point is gonna get hit and his party's gonna get hit. That then means that suddenly you've got a redistricting in which a lot of state legislatures are now Republican. They draw lines that give a huge structural advantage in subsequent elections.
