Barack Obama Quotes
Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America.
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Fame has become this obsession for people, which kind of creeps me out.
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I'm an artist; I'm not going to use trigonometry.
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If Boston charters can be stymied despite their extraordinary success, charters anywhere can be stopped.
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Bond? It is a bit like saying, 'Do you want to play Superman?' Anyone would dream of it. It's one of the most coveted roles in film. I'd be honoured. But I don't know if it will actually happen. I'm just happy with the idea of being associated with it. It's nice there's a lot of good will.
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My mom used to tell me when I was little, 'When it rains, it's God's manifestation - a big day's waiting to happen.'
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The only thing that permits human beings to collaborate with one another in a truly open-ended way is their willingness to have their beliefs modified by new facts. Only openness to evidence and argument will secure a common world for us.
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Communism, like any other revealed religion, is largely made up of prophecies.
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In your darkest moments of despair, a friend's hand on yours will get you through the worst.
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I'm not desperately looking for a man, but I'm sure one of these days, I'll find my Mr. Right.
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We all know how funny Morrissey is. Actually, you know what? I say that sarcastically. His songs are some of the funniest songs I've ever heard in my life. I mean, really. I mean, not that the 'Girlfriend in a Coma' is, like, really funny.
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Sometimes I'm more stubborn than I am smart.
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That's what I've wanted to do my whole life, just act. When I was younger, I loved to entertain people. I always used to make up dance routines, do little plays. I love to perform, basically.
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'Haraamkhor' is a low budget film. We are not worried about the box office because our film is already in profit. It's got a strong content that will reach people's heart.
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I can't live without activity; I can't be sedentary.
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Even one's own home is a kind of anthology of advertisers, manufacturers, motifs and presentation techniques. There's nothing 'natural' about one's home these days. The furnishings, the fabrics, the furniture, the appliances, the TV, and all the electronic equipment - we're living inside commercials.
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I don't sleep well. I rehash everything in bed. The mind's still working.
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You shouldn't have to have money to have a luxury fragrance.
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If I played tennis, I had to be in a dance class. I always had multiple activities, so I never had to count on any one of them to feel successful.
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In chess, computers show that what we call 'strategy' is reducible to tactics, ultimately. It only looks creative to us. They are still just glorified cash registers. This should make us feel uncomfortable, whether or not we think computers will ever be good composers of music or artistic painters.
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We employ the mind to rule, the body to serve.
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Most TV shows are writing the next episode while you're directing the one you're doing, and they're trying to figure out what they're going to do, and they're putting it all together.
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In the world where people with money overlap with restaurants and try to work out how to make more money, one of the things they talk about is the desire to find 'the new pizza.' This means a new mass-market product that can be made quickly and eaten both on the premises and as a takeaway.
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It's impossible to leave our emotions and experiences outside the work place - they inform us and make us who we are.
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Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America.
