Barack Obama Quotes

I think that the Democratic Party is a big tent, which means that there are positions I may not agree with.

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• When you look at the results that Newt Gingrich got when he was speaker, he got results for the American people.

  

  J. C. Watts
  • People
  • American
  • Results

• It isn't hard to find injustice around us, but we must not let injustice smear the good deeds that do occur everyday.

  

  Rand Paul
  • Good
  • Find
  • Everyday

• The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.

  

  Jacob Bronowski
  • Mind
  • Hand
  • Cutting

• My son, Wolfgang, plays drums, guitars and bass.

  

  Eddie Van Halen Van Halen
  • Son
  • Bass
  • Drums

• While criticism of Israel is legitimate and justifiable, it cannot be an excuse - in any way, shape or form - for anti-Semitism.

  

  Tariq Ramadan
  • Way
  • Criticism
  • Legitimate

• In a gentle way, you can shake the world.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
  • World
  • You
  • inspirational

• 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
  • People
  • Time
  • Great

• I wrote music as soon as I knew notation.

  

  Harrison Birtwistle
  • Music
  • Knew
  • Wrote

• 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
  • Culture
  • Change
  • Progress

• I had my first concert in front of 80,000 people at the International Soca Monarch Finals.

  

  Rachel Platten
  • People
  • First
  • Concert

• Like most writers, I've read a lot of Hemingway, and I admire him greatly.

  

  Rachel Kushner
  • Like
  • Him
  • Admire

• But you have to be creative on how you sell yourself and market yourself.

  

  Talib Kweli Black Star
  • You
  • Yourself
  • Creative

• 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
  • People
  • World
  • Real

• I can assure you we are all strong-willed, forceful personalities and the president encourages vigorous debate.

  

  Karen Hughes
  • Strong
  • You
  • I Can

• 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
  • World
  • Proud
  • Broadway

• 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.
  • Real
  • Interesting
  • Dad

• Marriage is a social construct, but I still believe in it.

  

  Talulah Riley
  • Believe
  • Marriage
  • Social

• We have promised to support India in its international aspiration. We have agreed to set up a working group on technology.

  

  Viktor Orban
  • Up
  • Support
  • Technology

• Wisdom and Spirit of the universe! Thou soul, that art the eternity of thought, And giv'st to forms and images a breath And everlasting motion.

  

  William Wordsworth
  • Art
  • Soul
  • Spirit

• The most important political task facing the out-of-power party - the Democrats for now - is creating a villain to run against. It's certainly easier than developing some grand new ideas or policies on which to campaign.

  

  Pat Sajak
  • Important
  • Power
  • Political

• One man may as easily destroy, as govern: be King or Anti-King.

  

  Ursula K. Le Guin
  • May
  • King

• I remember, I remember The fir-trees dark and high; I used to think their slender tops Were close against the sky; It was a childish ignorance, But now 't is little joy To know I'm farther off from heaven Than when I was a boy.

  

  Thomas Hood
  • Thinking
  • Remember
  • Joy

• If only the picture could grow old, and I stay young. For that...for that, I would give my SOUL for that.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Soul
  • Picture
  • Young

• 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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  • Party