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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As President Trump quickly moved to limit immigration, civil rights, and environmental protections, I felt fear for my young children, and guilt, too - as if I'd somehow betrayed the unspoken contract all parents make to give our children a better life than ourselves.
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Happiness is a mysterious concept. It seems to work best as futurity: at that point I will be happy, et cetera. I feel like I experience small pieces of joy day to day.
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I would say that a wasted vote is voting for anybody you don't believe in. If you believe in the third party, that's the guy you need to voice for. That's how you change things.
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Being on television, playing the same character for many years, for me, I think that would get a little tedious.
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I worked for UFA as a set designer, you know.
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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.
