Barack Obama Quotes
I actually think, when you're young, ambitions are somewhat common - you want to prove yourself. It may grow out of different life experiences. You may want to prove that you are worthy of the admiration of the demanding father. You may want to prove that you are worthy of the love of an absent father.
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No one should drive a hard bargain with an artist.
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I believe in the institution of marriage and it's like a tag to cement the relationship for your friends, family and public.
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Some people say I chastise the Republican Party too much.
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No, but I'm really lucky, because I'm not the superhero.
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Luckily, I was raised by people who'd already seen all the yuck stuff, which is why they originally didn't want me to act. I understood the difference between getting a part at a Hollywood party and getting a job.
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When I'm ready, I plan to adopt. I still believe in family.
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My memories from my childhood are centered on my father's medical conditions alongside my constant desire to understand the principles of the nature around me.
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Exposing your ignorance is how you get somebody to embrace you.
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I don't want to go slumming in somebody else's pain just to write a book. I want to go into those darker places to shine a light on that experience and come out with a story that validates the human spirit.
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You need to love your life; you have to appreciate yourself.
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I always say: To be well dressed you must be well naked.
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The alleged menace of universal suffrage having been avoided by the absolute suppression of the negro vote, the spirit of mob murder should have been satisfied and the butchery of negroes should have ceased.
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I kind of always struggled writing in Malay, because Malay is such a beautiful language. And it gets really hard, you know, if you want to make it into a song. You have to make it sound beautiful, use the right words.
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I was always very independent and looked out for myself. I think that ability really helped me in later years both in sports and in theatre.
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It was a decent New Year's, but it took a million officers to make it so.
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My show is my statement. What I have to say is on the screen. My life is my own. I don't want to talk about my private self. Why should I?
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Marriage requires a special talent, like acting. Monogamy requires genius.
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I love horse racing, I play golf, and I love travelling.
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Marriage is an exercise in torture.
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The world has never yet seen a truly great and virtuous nation because in the degradation of woman the very fountains of life are poisoned at their source.
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I've been kind of submerged in my own little geographic location for a really long time in Venice Beach.
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In Chicago, if you tell someone you're a writer, they look at you suspiciously - as if to say "yeah, right." In New York, people don't question the idea. If you say you're a writer, that's what you are.
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I actually think, when you're young, ambitions are somewhat common - you want to prove yourself. It may grow out of different life experiences. You may want to prove that you are worthy of the admiration of the demanding father. You may want to prove that you are worthy of the love of an absent father.
