Barack Obama Quotes
Our enemies are also seeking the abilities to sabotage our power grid, our financial institutions, our air traffic control systems.
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I do most of my reading on the train ride to and from work. But I always have a book in my handbag so that I can read at any time, anywhere.
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The guitar is such an incredible instrument; it plays classical, flamenco, jazz, country, bluegrass, rock, acid, blues. You'll never see a clarinet playing Black Sabbath. But you will see a guitar in a clarinet band playing rhythm. It is the most popular instrument in the world; it is the one everybody loves.
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With me serving as the president, we filed a $3-million lawsuit against the league and its member clubs in an attempt to win increased pension benefits and a larger share Of television revenue.
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I don't know who Little Richard is.
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Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.
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I spend a lot of time balancing between faith and disbelief.
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Across the Atlantic, in the scattered, far-flung, rural settlements of colonial America, hospitality had become a central concern, and hostesses, like peacocks displaying their iridescent plumage, tried to outdo one another with their creative food displays.
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Fear is not a friend of mine. But it's something to have a healthy awareness of.
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When an individual is protesting society's refusal to acknowledge his dignity as a human being, his very act of protest confers dignity on him.
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My quality of life here in Quebec City is extraordinary.
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I think the most interesting parts of human experience might be the sparks that come from that sort of chipping flint of cultures rubbing against each other. And living on the border between Mexico and the U.S. for so many years gave me a lot of insight into that.
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My life is so full of sacrifices.
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Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.
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I think every business, really, has a unique reason for being, unique assets, unique attributes, a unique history. And that can be turned into a very attractive design story, essentially, that consumers can relate to.
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The British tend to shy away from the spotlight. We don't like being singled out in any way, and I think that is something which is important for me to learn to do.
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If I need something, even a pair of socks, my assistant has to get them for me.
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I try to get them to remember that they're not just athletes, but student-athletes.
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I have like 20 snap-up shirts in my closet, and I never, never would have thought before FNL would I have had that.
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Great men lose somewhat of their greatness by being near us; ordinary men gain much.
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I just think of everything I do and how happy it will make me to do it. I don't like having my photograph taken, for instance, so I don't do that often.
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You can control two things: your work ethic and your attitude about anything.
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The Broadway audiences are very vocal and seem very engaged. For certain shows, especially with a show like 'The Heiress,' the audience's reactions sound like 'The Jerry Springer Show' sometimes. That seems to be a very New York thing. Oh, there's also the entrance round of applause here, which we don't get too much in London.
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Our enemies are also seeking the abilities to sabotage our power grid, our financial institutions, our air traffic control systems.
