Barack Obama Quotes
I think that the Democratic Party is a big tent, which means that there are positions I may not agree with.
Barack Obama
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What's great about working on a sitcom is that I spend so much time with people who are in other fields as well, such as writing, directing, and/or camera operating. Being on set is like being on a playground. I go from one thing to the next, and I've learned so much and hope to continue learning.
Olivia Holt
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I wrote music as soon as I knew notation.
Harrison Birtwistle
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The idea of the sacred is quite simply one of the most conservative notions in any culture, because it seeks to turn other ideas - uncertainty, progress, change - into crimes.
Salman Rushdie
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I had my first concert in front of 80,000 people at the International Soca Monarch Finals.
Rachel Platten
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Like most writers, I've read a lot of Hemingway, and I admire him greatly.
Rachel Kushner
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But you have to be creative on how you sell yourself and market yourself.
Talib Kweli
Black Star
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Plastic surgery and breast implants are fine for people who want that, if it makes them feel better about who they are. But, it makes these people, actors especially, fantasy figures for a fantasy world. Acting is about being real being honest.
Kate Winslet
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I can assure you we are all strong-willed, forceful personalities and the president encourages vigorous debate.
Karen Hughes
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I couldn't be more proud to introduce Anne-Marie Duff, a phenomenal actress who is bursting on the world stage, to Broadway audiences as Lady Macbeth.
Jack O'Brien
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It's interesting, because I named my first album after my dad because I wanted to find him. My second album was named after my mom because I felt like I learned all my creative talents I learned from her. All the survival stuff, too. And then the next album is 'Maya,' which is not my real name. It's fake.
M.I.A.
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Marriage is a social construct, but I still believe in it.
Talulah Riley
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We have promised to support India in its international aspiration. We have agreed to set up a working group on technology.
Viktor Orban
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Whether it comes from a despotic sovereign or an elected president, from a murderous general or a beloved leader, I see power as an inhuman and hateful phenomenon.
Oriana Fallaci
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I used to think that all my Wings stuff was second-rate stuff, but I began to meet younger kids, not kids from my Beatle generation, who would say, We really love this song.
Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney and Wings
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There was a great push and pull of what Blink-128 should sound like all the time. Travis Barker comes from a different background than I do, and Tom DeLonge comes from a different background than either of us in terms of what we write and what we think a song should be. Tom pushes me out of a box that I put myself in.
Mark Hoppus
Blink-182
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I have nothing but great respect for great scholars. But I was in grad school in the '80s and '90s, at the height of the theory craziness. It had a big part in why I ended up becoming a writer rather than a scholar, because I thought, "I just can't play these games." I was interested in literature because I loved literature, and so much of the theoretical positioning, at that moment 25 years ago, was antagonistic to literature. You know, trying to show that Jane Austen is a terrible person because she wasn't thinking about colonialism.
Daniel Mendelsohn
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Love your enemies and drive them nuts.
Brother Dave Gardner
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I think that the Democratic Party is a big tent, which means that there are positions I may not agree with.
Barack Obama
