Barack Obama Quotes
This notion that's peddled by the religious right - that they are oppressed is not true. Sometimes it's a cynical ploy to move their agenda ahead. The classic example being that somehow secularists are trying to eliminate Christmas, which strikes me as some kind of manufactured controversy.
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My abuela was an incredible cook.
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I really love nature. I grew up in the country. But one of the things about nature is that it is beautiful but it's also very dangerous.
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Food production has affected the environment more than any other activity humans have engaged in. Humanity devotes more land to food production than anything else - roughly a third of the surface area of the earth, much of which was once forest but has been converted by humans into farms or grazing lands.
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Whenever I'm free, I spend time with people I love, people that inspire me in many different ways.
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I'm not a Man U fan at all, but I can't get enough of Rooney. What a joy to watch!
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You've got to take the bitter with the sour.
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I think with 'Skinwalkers,' the success of it spoke for itself. Meaning a lot of people wanted to see something new on television.
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A liberal public is interesting to have as an audience. It is for that very reason that corporations make such an effort to ally themselves with cultural institutions.
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Women would be disproportionately affected by the privatization of social security. It is one of the most important safety nets for American women in old age, or in times of disability, to insure financial income for their families.
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I believe the Thai people are patient, and the people at least give me a chance to prove my ability to help them.
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I feel like as you get older, the roles you get change, and you don't always want to do the same tone over and over again.
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We may define therapy as a search for value.
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The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth.
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I like certain subgenres within science fiction and fantasy, and one of those is urban fantasy, and another is steampunk.
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My experience is that's rare - that you have a script that is... what they call 'film-ready.'
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I'm tired of being lied to by government, by the media, and by every corporation I have anything to do with.
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For years, Judaism has been a sort of product put on the religious shelf, and on holidays, we would take it off the shelf and let seculars play with it for a bit. Now, Judaism is going back to being something that more closely touches everyone.
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I think people think Jim Carrey's just wild and crazy. He really is very disciplined. It is true of Eddie Murphy and Robin Williams as well.
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As far as 'Windup Girl' becoming a hit - none of us expected that. 'Night Shade' was just hoping not to lose their shirts, and I had grown up hearing from everyone that science fiction didn't sell, so all of our expectations were very low.
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'And now,' cried Max, 'let the wild rumpus start!'
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This notion that's peddled by the religious right - that they are oppressed is not true. Sometimes it's a cynical ploy to move their agenda ahead. The classic example being that somehow secularists are trying to eliminate Christmas, which strikes me as some kind of manufactured controversy.
