Barack Obama Quotes
You got these $10,000-a-plate dinners and Golden Circles Clubs. I think when the average voter looks at that, they rightly feel they're locked out of the process. They can't attend a $10,000 breakfast and they know that those who can are going to get the kind of access they can't imagine.
Barack Obama
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I don't want to deal with big, grand themes in my stories; art has nothing to do with themes. When you deal with themes, you are not creating; you are lecturing.
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What is interesting about me isn't that I am a mother, it is who I am. I love my family, but if I just talk to you about being a mother, it's boring. I am sorry, but it's reducing who I really am, and it's really boring.
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No one ever chats me up; I think they all think I'm taken. Either that or no one fancies me.
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He who does not mind his belly, will hardly mind anything else.
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One-year-olds learn concealment. Five-year-olds lie outright: they manipulate via flattery. Nine-year-olds - masters of the cover-up. By the time you enter college, you're going to lie to your mom in one out of every five interactions.
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There are people who consider it almost unpatriotic to be inquisitive and to be truthful about your opinions.
Laura Dern
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Taylor Sheridan
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Adam D'Angelo
I get on fine with my mum and dad, but if they want to see the grandchildren, they come to me.
Aaron Johnson
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Ann Hood
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Jose Andres
Oh, I am heartily tired of hearing about what Lee is going to do. Some of you always seem to think he is suddenly going to turn a double somersault, and land in our rear and on both of our flanks at the same time. Go back to your command, and try to think what we are going to do ourselves, instead of what Lee is going to do.
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People who don't vote have no call on political leaders!
Marian Wright Edelman
You got these $10,000-a-plate dinners and Golden Circles Clubs. I think when the average voter looks at that, they rightly feel they're locked out of the process. They can't attend a $10,000 breakfast and they know that those who can are going to get the kind of access they can't imagine.
Barack Obama
