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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Probably the hardest thing to do was the beginning of the movie ["300"], I think, when we were in Sparta and all that - just getting in the groove.
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Most people spend less than 20 hrs a year learning about freedom, yet many wonder why it's in decline. Don't fight upstream. Instead, turn it around.
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Clinton's resilience became sort of the secret weapon of the campaign. He was never going to just give up and get out.
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The 'self-image' is the key to human personality and human behavior. Change the self image and you change the personality and the behavior.
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As a writer of both novels and screenplays, I can say that screenwriting is a vastly rewarding creative life - if you fight hard enough to do it on your own terms. Whether I write books or not, my screenwriting life has been creatively rewarding and remains so.
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Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America.
