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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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 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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The first symptom of love in a young man is timidity; in a girl boldness.
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I'm always looking for perfection. Even after training and my coaches say I did good, I always think I could have done more.
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We were flat tonight. We are still not quite good enough to stay with a team like that.
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There are photographs that I don't take now that I previously would have taken without any thought at all as to any misinterpretations.
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I've been in a lot of cult movies, but I've been very fortunate to have been involved in projects that people remember.
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A man is never too weak or too wounded to fight. If his cause is greater than his own life.
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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.
