Barack Obama Quotes
We remember the grind of the insurgency -- the roadside bombs, the sniper fire, the suicide attacks. From the 'triangle of death' to the fight for Ramadi; from Mosul in the north to Basra in the south -- your will proved stronger than the terror of those who tried to break it.

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I've never been able to understand what they mean by 'Pinteresque,'. I'm sure it's indefinable.
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A filmmaker can never be distant from his roots.
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The modern Muslim state has never presented itself as secular. Muslim nationalist forces, trapped by a militant and colonialist West unable to share or export its humanism, were driven to build up a rampart, to entrench themselves within the past.
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Reverence is fatal to literature.
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It is often easier to become outraged by injustice half a world away than by oppression and discrimination half a block from home.
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The chief product of an automated society is a widespread and deepening sense of boredom.
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I don't normally take to Yorkshiremen.
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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You're allowed to make things for women on television, and there's not like... you don't have to go through the humiliation of having made something directed at women. There it's just accepted, whereas if it's a feature, it's like 'So, talk to me about chick flicks.' It's like... I don't think you want to hear my opinion about this.
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I didn't have any friends, and I never went to the class parties.
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I'm not very technically minded. I mean, I don't know how to do e-mail on computers.
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We have lost a lot of ground to the extremists in the Middle East.
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Paris can be like the land of the Lotus-Eaters. You can't leave.
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In Australia, I grew up watching 'The Mickey Mouse Club,' my son grew up watching 'Sesame Street,' my grandson's growing up watching 'Dora The Explorer.' So we are sort of saturated with American culture from the day we're born, and to those of those who do have an ear for it, it's second nature.
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I think that ISIS is a threat to our embassy, to our consulate, as well as potentially to the American people.
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Any item of clothing that covers the face and makes it impossible to identify individuals is open to abuse.
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I like Louis C.K., Chris Rock. Old schools like Richard Pryor and Eddie Murphy.
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The philosophy of life is this: Life is not a struggle, not a tension... Life is bliss. It is eternal wisdom, eternal existence.
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He resembled a minor prophet who had been hit behind the ear with a stuffed eel-skin.
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With 'Dope Walk,' I wanted to bring back kids dancing and having fun again. That's how it used to be in Harlem. I remember everybody Harlem-shaking and 'Chicken Noodle Soup'-ing. Those were some of the most fun and memorable times in my life.
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I remember being a 12 year old art kid and feeling like there was no exciting art movement happening, especially for somebody like me. I was looking around for artistic inspiration and could find nothing - until my older brother’s friend brought a Giger book over to the house. Upon seeing the first image I knew I would never be the same. A whole new world opened up to me and I have been exploring it ever since. It’s no doubt that I would not be here today, doing what I do, without his influence. H.R. Giger is the king of the Dark Art movement.
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My favorite color is light pink. I also like baby blue because it brings out my eyes.
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We remember the grind of the insurgency -- the roadside bombs, the sniper fire, the suicide attacks. From the 'triangle of death' to the fight for Ramadi; from Mosul in the north to Basra in the south -- your will proved stronger than the terror of those who tried to break it.