Barack Obama Quotes
My identity might begin with the fact of my race, but it didn't, couldn't end there. At least that's what I would choose to believe.
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I'm a computer scientist by training. I'm also the author of three books, all of which endorse the use of biotechnology to improve the human condition. In the most recent of these, 'The Infinite Resource,' I talk about the power of innovation to save the world.
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If there's a golf course in heaven, I hope it's like Augusta National. I just don't want an early tee time.
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Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.
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You learn so much on set; I don't know if you learn as much anywhere else as you do when you're on set, working.
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Even Apple, notorious for keeping a tight grip on its products, allows fierce competitors like Google, Amazon, Spotify, and Microsoft to offer their apps on its phones and tablets.
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In 2012, I see the potential for people to come together, huge moments of political and social engagement where elections are part of the strategy for change, but not the end goal and not the only thing that matters.
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I'd never written a novel before, and I wrote a novel, and that turned out OK.
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In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.
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And my friends, you ain't seen nothin' yet.
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As soon as you get over caring what people think, you can have a nice time.
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Versace designs have always been bootlegged. Now it's Versace bootlegging the bootleg for the bootleggers to bootleg the bootleg.
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You want to help gay kids, you have to reach them in middle school and high school, when they're being bullied.
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Those who play with the devil's toys will be brought by degrees to wield his sword.
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I'm the youngest of five – three girls and two boys. There was one record player for the seven of us. It was good for me, because I got to hear everyone else's music.
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The actors that I admire are able to step into so many different roles.
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The first concert that my parents took me to was in this canyon in Saudi Arabia called Buttermilk Canyon. You sleep under the stars in the desert, and ex-pats - German, Swiss, Canadian, American - would play classical music that filled the whole canyon.
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A Louisiana politician can't afford to let his animosities carry him away, and still less his principles, although there is seldom difficulty in that department.
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Comedians are always hitting the topical notes that are on everybody's minds.
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Clearly, if it is sensible to hold a referendum on independence, it is crucial that we have one on marriage. It is the only way the country can move forward on this issue. Let all those who have a view on this subject place their trust in the Scottish people and let Scotland decide.
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I been all around the world and I haven't found a city that I'd rather be from or rather come back to than Los Angeles.
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Yes, and I can sit down on a white piece of paper and work because I don't believe too much into inspiration, only I'm waiting for inspiration, work and then inspiration may come. It's a little too easy to say that.
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They do believe that if we do not wage this war against terror in places like Baghdad and Kabul, we are more likely to have it waged in Baltimore and Kansas.
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My identity might begin with the fact of my race, but it didn't, couldn't end there. At least that's what I would choose to believe.
