Barack Obama Quotes
We may come from different places and have different stories, but we share common hopes, and one very American dream.
Quotes to Explore
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I think comedy has evolved like every art form, and people probably do less standing around and telling jokes, and more things that have to do with reality.
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I have a song about being in love. I have a song about being supportive. There's inspiring ones, and there's some that show a little bit more fun and daring. It really is a range of who I am.
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I was interned in Auschwitz for one year. I didn't bring back anything, except for a few jokes, and that filled me with shame. Then again, I didn't know what to do with this fresh experience. For this experience was no literary awakening, no occasion for professional or artistic introspection.
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I got fired for giving coffee away. It was just my regulars. I'd say, 'Don't worry about it,' and they'd put down a dollar tip. Technically, I was stealing. Ethically, I was boosting morale!
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I don't play anymore, because I know I'm not going to be a pro golfer. So there's no reason to golf.
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Today I know that there is still work to be done, but along the way my I am achieving my dreams.
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I think I'm very old-fashioned.
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I don't even know how to define myself. I'm a person who writes. It's something I enjoy, and hopefully people enjoy it as well.
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I really enjoy being a dad, and maybe I took it too seriously, but I love being around my kids.
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By asking a novel question that you don't know the answer to, you discover whether you can formulate a way of finding the answer, and you stretch your own mind, and very often you learn something new.
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I hope that people will see that we don't have to sit by the sidelines and watch as the two major parties limit their choices to slightly different flavors of the status quo. It is, in fact, possible to join the fray, stand up for principles and offer a real alternative.
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Midi is my hobby.
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In tight quarters, it's important to choose small-scale items.
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Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good.
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When you're buying paintings, it feels grown up.
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I've never been to New Zealand before. But one of my role models, Xena, the warrior princess, comes from there.
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You learn stuff from every character you play about the human condition that can be quite enlightening.
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I always follow what my spirit tells me to do.
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I'm a great believer in the experiential theory of writing.
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The whole macho thing has to be reexamined. Because in my view, the Bush administration was weak, not strong. To engage in a policy of torture is a weak policy. Because ultimately, it encourages the terrorists. It undermines our own values. It corrupts our system. And it doesn't get good intelligence.
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An empty man is full of himself.
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But being an American woman married to an Arab guy - and a Muslim to boot! - put me in a different category. People would open up, and tell me things that they would never tell another journalist, no matter how persistent.
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My value as a woman is not measured by the size of my waist or the number of men who like me. My worth as a human being is measured on a higher scale: a scale of righteousness and piety. And my purpose in life-despite what fashion magazines say-is something more sublime than just looking good for men.
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We may come from different places and have different stories, but we share common hopes, and one very American dream.
