Barack Obama Quotes
I think my most important advice is to understand what are the foundations of a healthy democracy and how we have to engage in citizenship continuously, not just when something upsets us; not just when there's an election or when an issue pops up for a few weeks. It's hard work.
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I'm more like an animalistic rock chick.
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The same liberty that protects me also protects members of the Mafia.
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I need a hobby, and I don't want it to be basketball. I want it to be music. So to get away from music, I do other music.
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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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I think you can say anybody uses anything as a gimmick. Is Adele's not having gimmicks her gimmick? It's hard to say, isn't it? Really, I think that everybody has something that people like or that's great about them.
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The difference between an actor and a star is the budget and the overall presentation of a film.
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I would never date a celebrity. I would want someone with real skills. Doctor, nurse, electrician... tailor.
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Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of not having it.
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Now that I have kids, I don't want to do so many daredevily things anymore.
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A good composer does not imitate; he steals.
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Poverty is an anomaly to rich people; it is very difficult to make out why people who want dinner do not ring the bell.
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World War II was a decisive time in our history and June 6, 1944, marked the decisive moment of the war.
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I'm moving to Rio permanently with my family. It's one of the places left in the world where people still live with a big charge of poetry on a daily basis. I feel we've kind of lost that here in Europe.
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I was the family alien. Both my parents are quite creative, but I was... appalling... always putting on little shows. I was rather a shy child, not a natural performer, but there was a performative edge to everything I did.
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Someone who knew me when I was 14 said I was the oldest 14-year-old on the planet. Now I'm a 14-year-old who is 60.
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We did a lot of those road trips, all the mandatory stuff that you should when you're a kid, like Mount Rushmore and the Grand Canyon and the Sequoias and the western coast.
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I try and groom myself, be it through fitness or dance.
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But in answer to your question about the conspiracy angle, I think that any historian worth his salt, and this is where I fault Stephen Ambrose and a lot of these guys who attack me - not all of life is a result of conspiracy by any means! Accident occurs alongside conspiracy.
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Sometimes I can only groan, and suffer, and pour out my despair at the piano!
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Sometimes you get lost and you find something new.
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I don't think I have advice for female directors as opposed to male directors. I think all first-time directors should try and be as prepared as they possibly can, because it's hard!
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Be a king? Think not. Why be a king when you can be a God?
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I think my most important advice is to understand what are the foundations of a healthy democracy and how we have to engage in citizenship continuously, not just when something upsets us; not just when there's an election or when an issue pops up for a few weeks. It's hard work.
