Barack Obama Quotes
If we can't meet with our friends, I don't know how we're going to lead the world in terms of dealing with critical issues like terrorism.
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Speakers who talk about what life has taught them never fail to keep the attention of their listeners.
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Of course, as consumers, we want cheap and good products; however, if these production processes are exceeding wastewater discharge standards and even causing heavy metal pollution, they will cause long-lasting damage to the ecological environment and public health.
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Wine and women do not go with song. Alcohol is the worst enemy of the imagination.
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Millions of American families affected by debilitating diseases have new hope today after the U.S. House passed legislation to support potentially life-saving stem cell research.
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I have a couple of gold teeth. I had braces for a year but I didn't wear the retainer.
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When I was in jail, I was a lot of people's favorite person. I practically ran the jail. I had more freedom than the police.
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Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.
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I live a very normal regimented life that focuses on my training and my private life so I squeeze the insane stuff in around that.
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I thought that communism, the tyranny of communism, was an abomination and I beseeched God to bring that terrible evil down and he did. It was a great triumph, it took awhile, but it happened.
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Nearer the gods no mortal may approach.
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In real terms, there is a greater disparity of earnings between the very rich and the very poor.
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One of my earliest memories is of being about three and a half, climbing through the legs of a man who I didn't know was the famous actor, Patrick Magee.
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I am prepared to oppose a Jim Crow army till I rot in jail.
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I went to Iraq in 2004 because I believe in doing my duty, not because I agreed with the war.
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I got into retailing because I wanted a real job.
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I was dressed like Darth Vader. Vader was my man, even with the villainy. He wore all black and had a deep voice; he reminded me of my uncle. I had a cheap mask-cape combo, the kind available at any pharmacy during October.
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Life is so impermanent that it's not about somebody else or things around me, it's about knowing you are completely alone in this world and being content inside.
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Political progress will only take place if sufficient security exists.
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Death, torture and prison are part of daily life for the youth of Iran. They are not like us, my friends and I at their age; they are not scared. They are not what we were. They hold hands and scream: 'Don't be afraid! Don't be afraid! We are together!' They understand that no one will give them their rights; they must go get them.
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My cut is blunt and futuristic, and Nicki Minaj started wearing that bob on her head after she came to my show, so at the end of the day, I know what I do, and I know what I possess, and I know who I am. I'm a trendsetter. The biggest form of flattery is imitation, so I'm flattered.
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Too many people hold a very narrow view of what motivates us. They believe that the only way to get us moving is with the jab of a stick or the promise of a carrot. But if you look at over 50 years of research on motivation, or simply scrutinize your own behavior, it's pretty clear human beings are more complicated than that.
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If we can't meet with our friends, I don't know how we're going to lead the world in terms of dealing with critical issues like terrorism.
