Barack Obama Quotes
If I become so convinced that ‘I’m always right,’ the logical conclusion of that often ends up being great cruelty and great violence.
Barack Obama
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My family is big, complicated, and beautiful - and keeps me smiling and whole. It's so important to have family, whether it's biological family, good friends, foster families, or a group of aunties who are raising you. The idea of feeling isolated is scary to me - to walk through the world alone would be heartbreaking.
Jacqueline Woodson
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The basic equation that mystified me as a young man was looking at guys who could actually get girls. I was always amazed, because they never seemed to care. I was like, 'How do they do that?'
Andy Richter
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If I become so convinced that ‘I’m always right,’ the logical conclusion of that often ends up being great cruelty and great violence.
Barack Obama
