Barack Obama Quotes
As president, I'm committed to making Washington work better and rebuilding the trust of the people who sent us here.
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I like the way hip-hop is now. It's grown up enough so that it can get involved with politics if it feels like it.
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Sometimes a role might be difficult on my throat.
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The future is much like the present, only longer.
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We must become more comfortable with probability and uncertainty.
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Look what venison does to a goofy guitar player from Detroit? I'm going to be 54 this year and if I had any more energy I'd scare you.
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But ya know what, I am a part of something that happened. I'm a part of the music that happened. My voice is one more instrument, is what it is. So that's the way I feel about people who play on sessions.
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The artistic part of us all - I think that the easiest way to appreciate this - is through architecture. Architecture is very impressive; the beauty of buildings, temples.
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If people get to the end of the record, then that is a treat.
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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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Whatever we do from government, we need to do what's best for America. If we do that, that's bringing power back to the people.
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There are many cultural prejudices. For instance, even though fresh fish is a regional staple, Catalans don't like sashimi.
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The poet speaks to all men of that other life of theirs that they have smothered and forgotten.
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Rock Hudson wasn't my type. He's a great guy and had a great sense of humor.
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I can't wait to meet Jennifer Hudson, Tamyra Gray, George Huff, Ruben Studdard, and I love me some Clay Aiken.
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You need to love your life; you have to appreciate yourself.
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I can think of nothing that an audience won't understand. The only problem is to interest them; once they are interested, they understand anything in the world.
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I was never taken to a play or concert or church. Yet I was a show-off, a dreamer, a storyteller.
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My feeling is that maintaining financial independence is also a healthy way to keep my feet on the ground.
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To all the other dreamers out there, don't ever stop or let the world's negativity disenchant you or your spirit. If you surround yourself with love and the right people, anything is possible.
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These are some of my awards - an Ivor Novello, a Variety Club Silver Heart, and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame. I also have a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame and a street named after me in Brooklyn where I used to live.
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I want people to be able to influence themselves. We convince ourselves, and that allows us to convince others.
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Both the 228 Incident (White Terror in Taiwan) and the June 4 Incident (Tiananmen Square Incident in Beijing) are like mirrors, reminding the leaders on both sides of the Taiwan Strait to engage in soul-searching and learn lessons.
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I don't think we're going to build a 50-person spacecraft or a 100-person spacecraft.
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As president, I'm committed to making Washington work better and rebuilding the trust of the people who sent us here.
