Barack Obama Quotes
The Cold War has been over for a long time. I'm not interested in having battles that, frankly, started before I was born.
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I want to continue to be me and share with people.
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Where having been an actor was extremely helpful to me was in casting. That's where I think a director who has acted can really shine, and casting is the most important thing you do.
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The children have been a wonderful gift to me, and I'm thankful to have once again seen our world through their eyes. They restore my faith in the family's future.
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I was admittedly comfortable with Iman Cosmetics being identified as a beauty brand that filled the gap for black women because it was deeply personal for me.
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I personally don't like to rehearse so much. I really sort of trust my instinct.
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There's a different energy with a female director, a female at the head of the production. I don't prefer one over the other, but they're definitely different experiences, and I would love to have more of them.
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Most people who are looking to get a handgun are going to get a carry permit. But most people don't carry around rifles with them; they keep them at home or at the range.
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The man who has his millions will want everything he can lay his hands on and then raise his voice against the poor devil who wants ten cents more a day.
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I tried college and I hated that. I seem to quit everything I do.
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I want babies. I think I'll be a great dad.
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Most of the tasks we do are for humans. For example, a tax calculation is counting numbers so the government can pull money out from my wallet, but government consists of humans.
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In my early 20s, I was a big fan of Theodore Dreiser and might be one of the few people on the planet who have voluntarily read all his novels.
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In poor countries, the rich and powerful crush the poor and powerless.
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When you start to work with someone, there's a negotiation that takes place involving what's going to happen when you have a difference of opinion. Most attempts at collaboration never survive the negotiation. Merely being agreeable is not enough.
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As a child, I had a serious illness that lasted for two years or more. I have vague recollections of this illness and of my being carried about a great deal. I was known as the 'sick one.' Whether this illness gave me a twist away from ordinary paths, I don't know; but it is possible.
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My life is my message.
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No doubt about it. For every player. Thursday nights are very tough for us because it is a short turnaround.
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I learned a long time ago that fame and money is not a ticket to happiness.
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My art is rooted in a single reflection: why am I not as others are? ..my art gives meaning to my life.
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We have a system that allows us to manage a free and fair election, free of fraud, free of intimidation, and that's what we delivered on election day, and we're very very proud of it.
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But always I was a private citizen whose activities in government or political party were appointive.
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Being American and being an outsider at the same time, it's a perspective I often bring to a character.
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We must never confuse elegance with snobbery.
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The Cold War has been over for a long time. I'm not interested in having battles that, frankly, started before I was born.
