Barack Obama Quotes
You have to be involved during midterm elections, you have to care about what happens at a school board level.
Quotes to Explore
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My mum is black, my dad is white, and when I was a teenager, people would say, 'So what are you? Are you black? Or white? What are you more of?'
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By the time I was 29 I'd spent eight years with someone else's group of friends. I had no idea what it was like to be a woman with mates of her own to socialize with.
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I think if you give in and accept society's stereotypes, then you start thinking, 'I cannot dance till late at night because I'm 70.'
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Considering all the legal hassle child stars can be, I won't be surprised when they are phased out by CGI children voiced by adult actors.
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Everybody has their ups and downs, and that's what makes you tougher.
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Everything was magnificent so far, even if I knew my part of dramas.
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My tastes are aristocratic, my actions democratic.
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I was the hallway clown in high school.
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My first album was completed in three months.
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From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.
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If writers, like comedians or singers, could only hear themselves bombing as they worked, it's likely that certain books would be cut short after the first few leaden sentences.
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We are not saints, but we have kept our appointment. How many people can boast as much?
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I'm a character actor, and I made a choice when I was young, after 'Mystic Pizza', not to go for the mainstream stuff, and to do a more eclectic kind of route.
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The fundamental thing about my personality is that I think I'm an imposter.
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We're on the verge of a financial collapse unless we balance the budget, and that means some really, really tough decisions.
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I love a mask. It's why I've got a thing about good writing. When you're acting, you're going into someone else's work. You're behind his words; it's not you.
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I always had a very strong sense of independence. I really liked being able to buy my Alanis Morissette 'Jagged Little Pill' album. I wore that as a badge of honor. I love not having to rely on anyone.
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When I was growing up, in L.A., I went to these schools, Fairfax High School, Bancroft Junior High School, and they had great music departments. I always played in the orchestra, the jazz band, the marching band.
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I like when people know who they are, know their limitations and what they want to do. It's the same thing for me.
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The downside of videos is that it will put my vision in front of other people, so they might not get the chance to create their own.
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I ran for ninth grade class president. Came in a close second.
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Drama school introduced me to a world I had no idea about. I wasn't brought up in a literary household at all.
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We need more partnerships like Vigor Industrial and Portland Community College where men and women in search of a career can get the training they need to get hired right out of school.
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You have to be involved during midterm elections, you have to care about what happens at a school board level.
