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.Barack Obama
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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.
Zadie Smith -
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.
C. L. R. James -
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.
Samuel Johnson -
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.
Garrett Hedlund -
I don't know the right way to retire.
Barry Sanders -
As more ad spending shifts online, the ability to have expertise and to innovate quickly will become critical.
Kara Swisher
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Human faces shouldn't get lost amid the statistics.
Brown Campbell -
Over the years, God and St. Therese have kept me going no matter how bad things were.
Tara Lipinski -
No one really knows who I am or where I came from in America, and there's something quite nice about that.
Kate Beckinsale -
When a guy tells me I'm cute, it's not something desirable. Cute is more like what you want your pet to be.
Natalie Portman -
In 2013, a great national coalition came together to compel Congress to deny Barack Obama authority to take us to war in Syria.
Pat Buchanan -
If you can be well without health, you may be happy without virtue.
Edmund Burke
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Playing in Wembley Stadium in front of 83-some-thousand fans to win a gold medal was unreal.
Carli Lloyd -
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.
Natalie Gulbis -
Stay calm and aggressive.
Gabrielle Reece -
My experience has offered me the sensibility that encourages me to try newer characters.
Nawazuddin Siddiqui -
You have to think hard with a tattoo. 'What will I love for the rest of my life?'
Kate Upton -
I've found that people get particularly frustrated and shut down when women in fiction are disgusting or disordered.
Ottessa Moshfegh
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Relationships, it seems to me, are timeless. What works between two people always works; what doesn't is always troublesome. Over time, people learn - or not - how to negotiate what's difficult, but that doesn't mean the misfit has gone away entirely.
Rafael Yglesias -
The easiest way to solve a problem is to deny it exists.
Isaac Asimov -
Bluegrass has brought more people together and made more friends than any music in the world. You meet people at festivals and renew acquaintances year after year.
Bill Monroe -
In the States, tennis is sixth or seventh on the totem pole as far as sports go.
Andy Roddick -
All of us have to recognize that we owe our children more than we have been giving them.
Hillary Clinton -
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.
Barack Obama