Barack Obama Quotes
There are certain people in our popular culture that just capture people's imaginations. And in death, they become even larger. Now, I have to admit that it's also fed by a 24/7 media that is insatiable.
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I have an ambition to write a great book, but that's really a competition with myself. I've noticed that a lot of young writers, people in all media, want to be famous but they don't really want to do anything. I can't think of anything less worth striving for than fame.
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Today we ought to be able to see first that Booker T. Washington faced a situation in which he was seeking desperately for a way out, and he could see no way out except capitulation.
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There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.
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Especially for me, growing up in such a small town in the middle of nowhere, the desire to be away was incredible. I wanted to see new lands, meet new people from the city, and meet people that were in much less fortunate situations than I was, so that I could be more appreciative of my present. At least I had food on the table.
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I don't know the right way to retire.
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Everybody has values. Now, you know it may be formed in a secular setting, it may be formed in an intellectual setting, but everybody comes forward with values.
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As more ad spending shifts online, the ability to have expertise and to innovate quickly will become critical.
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Human faces shouldn't get lost amid the statistics.
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Over the years, God and St. Therese have kept me going no matter how bad things were.
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No one really knows who I am or where I came from in America, and there's something quite nice about that.
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When a guy tells me I'm cute, it's not something desirable. Cute is more like what you want your pet to be.
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In 2013, a great national coalition came together to compel Congress to deny Barack Obama authority to take us to war in Syria.
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If you can be well without health, you may be happy without virtue.
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Playing in Wembley Stadium in front of 83-some-thousand fans to win a gold medal was unreal.
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I cherish the ballets made for myself by Mr. Balanchine. He never lost his temper. He was quiet, humble, the genius of the 20th century.
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Nancy Lopez has always been a role model of mine... so to have the opportunity to play for her and spend time with her has been amazing.
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Stay calm and aggressive.
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My experience has offered me the sensibility that encourages me to try newer characters.
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You have to think hard with a tattoo. 'What will I love for the rest of my life?'
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Nothing is finer for the purposes of great productions than a very gradual ripening of the intellectual powers.
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Democracy is the best chance for the best people.
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Real culture lives by sympathies and admirations, not by dislikes and disdains; under all misleading wrappings it pounces unerringly upon the human core.
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The film is a direct mirror of the director. If your director doesn't know how to dress, there will be an aesthetic of the film that won't come through - whether it's in the costumes if he doesn't know exactly what he wants or the look of the film.
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There are certain people in our popular culture that just capture people's imaginations. And in death, they become even larger. Now, I have to admit that it's also fed by a 24/7 media that is insatiable.
