Barack Obama Quotes
We've been able to organize the international community around it in ways that aren't going to go back.
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SuperMemo is based on the insight that there is an ideal moment to practice what you've learned. Practice too soon and you waste your time. Practice too late and you've forgotten the material and have to relearn it. The right time to practice is just at the moment you're about to forget.
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I come bearing an olive branch in one hand, and the freedom fighter's gun in the other. Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand.
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The fact is that people are good, Give people affection and security, and they will give affection and be secure in their feelings and their behavior.
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I have always believed that when you're feeling sorry for yourself, the best thing to do is help someone else.
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I am convinced after more than 50 years in the field of motivation that anyone who wants to learn to look at life and/or their circumstances in a positive light can do so.
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I tire of franchises, remakes, and endless sequels.
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I think your most intimate thoughts are only honest when they're in your head.
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Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.
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I was outraged to learn that the president wanted to outsource operations at some American ports to the United Arab Emirates.
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The Queen's wedding dress in 1947, there was some embroidery on the train which was definitely there to illustrate new dawn/post-war optimism, that sort of thing.
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Writing is hard work and bad for the health.
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America thrives on identity politics, left and right. But France is opposed to the idea. Since the Revolution, the French have enthroned the idea of universalism. All of us must be equal before the law as abstract individuals, and that extends to the arts.
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I think one of the most boring things is a person's taste.
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As a film actor, you don't often get that opportunity to meet with your audience and take your applause on stage.
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I find that movies tend to fix the aesthetics of a story in people's minds.
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To me, it's just like, if you have talent, and you're lucky enough to find where you fit, and you work with the right people, it's not exalted at all.
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It's no use crying over spilt summits.
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I never took hallucinogenic drugs because I never wanted my consciousness expanded one unnecessary iota.
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If we are strong, and have faith in life and its richness of surprises, and hold the rudder steadily in our hands. I am sure we will sail into quiet and pleasant waters for our old age.
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Science fiction frees you to go anyplace and examine anything.
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I don't see myself beneath Beyonce and Jay Z; I don't see myself above them. I'm in my own world, hungry to grow.
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We've been able to organize the international community around it in ways that aren't going to go back.
