Barack Obama Quotes
Food Stamp recipients didn't cause the financial crisis; recklessness on Wall Street did.
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President Reagan, of course, did more than any other person to entrench the Republican reputation for toughness on national security.
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I live a good life but a pretty simply life. I just store all my money under my mattress. My wife and I travel, and I bought my dream car, the Cobra.
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There is a lot of noise out there. I don't want to follow the trend - I want to create the trend.
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I am here because I think it was a terrible sin of the west to allow those years of war.
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I was afraid I would see someone from my past who thought I was this big athlete, and then I end up being just normal.
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I am the guardian of power, not its owner.
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Every single job is a challenge. You are walking into a new set, a new character, creating a world and trying to get comfortable to do your best work.
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Youth theatre isn't just about a precocious child that wants to sing and dance in front of people. It's for everyone; it's about a community, it's about being supported by your peer group. You learn skills - not just acting but all the other sides - working in the TV, film, and theatre industry.
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Finally, I want to make the point that we are Republicans. We are the majority. It is going to be a little more difficult because we have to govern and come up with ideas.
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Creative people are more prone to depression.
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Human well-being is not a random phenomenon. It depends on many factors - ranging from genetics and neurobiology to sociology and economics. But, clearly, there are scientific truths to be known about how we can flourish in this world. Wherever we can have an impact on the well-being of others, questions of morality apply.
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In my career quite a few people have tried to force me out, but so far no one has succeeded.
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Everybody just told me from the day I went into high school that I looked like Carol Burnett.
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We have a choice - we can both think and feel, using our heads and our hearts.
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You don't have to be gay to be attracted to your friend.
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The power to tax and spend is restricted by the enumerated powers.
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I don't think I have the ability or patience to teach badminton to others.
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A lot of the Republicans wanted exactly what Barack Obama wanted, exactly what Nancy Pelosi wanted, exactly what Harry Reid wanted, which is to raise the debt ceiling, but they wanted to be able to tell what they view as their foolish, gullible constituents back home they didn't do it.
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I'm of course disillusioned with what has happened to World cinema. Now cinemas in both Eastern and Western Europe are filled with the same blockbusters from Hollywood.
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I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of leadership are universal and are often about finding ways of encouraging people to combine their efforts, their talents, their insights, their enthusiasm and their inspiration to work together.
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I thought I was really a radical, political person, which of course I am not.
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Dim loneliness came imperceivably into the fields and he turned back. The birds piped oddly; some wind was caressing the higher foliage, turning it all one way, the way home. Telegraph poles ahead looked like half-used pencils; the small cross on the steeple glittered with a sharp and shapely permanence.
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Food Stamp recipients didn't cause the financial crisis; recklessness on Wall Street did.
