Barack Obama Quotes

I know you didn't do this for me. You did this-you did this because you believed so deeply in the most American of ideas-that in the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can change it.

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It used to hurt me that people thought I didn't have the technique and the temperament to play Test cricket.
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We love those who know the worst of us and don't turn their faces away.
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The Schindler Jews were off-limits in Brunnlitz.
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I don't know any woman who doesn't have an anxiety attack about wearing a bathing suit.
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I grew up on Don Knotts and Jerry Lewis and all the guys from Second City.
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I want to tour, everywhere I can, all of the world.
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I think having children is the most amazing thing.
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There's only one way to become a hitter. Go up to the plate and get mad. Get mad at yourself and mad at the pitcher.
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When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.
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I was a pop freak. I love music. Of course, I knew soul because I grew up in it. Writing it and everything. I love soul. But I love a tune that has some meat in it. Something I could hang my hat on. Because music is universal. Therefore, I felt no boundaries.
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I'm an emotional person.
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My mother giving birth to me was just like Lady Sybil giving birth, except that there wasn't such a tragic ending.
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Stealing things is a glorious occupations, particularly in the art world.
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Richard Donner is one of the few directors in Hollywood that can make whatever movie he wants exactly the way he wants it. No one will stop him.
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The herd instinct among forecasters makes sheep look like independent thinkers.
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Gustafsson is a stud, man. He's a good fighter.
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I've been in situations where I was the only black guy. We're in a time now where nobody wants to see that. But it still happens.
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Whenever I hear that I'm on the brink of stardom, I feel like I want to run into a cave.
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Every day, people say crappy things about my band or whatever, but I live a positive existence. I got through everything by virtue of having the same passion that I've had through the years.
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Even though it seems like there are a lot of parts, there is really tons of downtime in the acting world.
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I think most actors feel an obligation to do right by the people they're playing.
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Sometimes I think I might not have written 'The Age of Miracles' if I hadn't grown up in California, if I hadn't been exposed to its very particular blend of beauty and disaster, of danger and denial.
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I got attention by being funny at school, pretending to be retarded, and jumping around with a deformed hand.
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I know you didn't do this for me. You did this-you did this because you believed so deeply in the most American of ideas-that in the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can change it.