Barack Obama Quotes

Health care got done because there were a lot of people out there who aren't professional politicians, but are citizens, who pushed for it even when the politics was hard.

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• Broadway is really my life.

  

  Vanessa Williams
  • Life
  • My Life
  • Broadway

• I am obsessed with the Great Depression and with former showgirls - and the Victorians - the idea of wistful, dark romance.

  

  Karen Elson
  • Great
  • Depression
  • Obsessed

• I learned a lesson that I don't ever want to be a CEO.

  

  Larry Wilcox
  • Want
  • Learned
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• My friends in the TV news business are in a state of despair about Donald Trump, even as their bosses in the boardroom are giddy over what he's doing for their once sagging ratings.

  

  Brown Campbell
  • Business
  • Friends
  • Doing

• Drama school introduced me to a world I had no idea about. I wasn't brought up in a literary household at all.

  

  Imelda Staunton
  • World
  • School
  • Drama

• I don't find anything upsetting or gross or degrading about fighting with a mental illness: Bipolar or Schizophrenia.

  

  Kangana Ranaut
  • Fighting
  • Mental Illness

• I'm not the type of person that is forced.

  

  Abdullah II of Jordan
  • Person
  • Type
  • Forced

• From age 16, I lived and breathed wine. I read every magazine and book about wine.

  

  Gary Vaynerchuk
  • Book
  • Age
  • Wine

• Winning a gold medal is not easy but I believed in myself, especially over the last four years.

  

  Sally Pearson
  • Myself
  • Winning
  • Gold

• Whatever our bedtime was as kids, we could stay up an extra half hour if we were reading. My parents didn't care as long as I was under the spell of a Stephen King or a Douglas Adams. Now I read in bed. I read at work. I read standing in line. It's like, 'Hello, my name is Nathan and I am a reader.'

  

  Nathan Fillion
  • Up
  • Work
  • Long

• Men are sort of doofuses about sunscreen, and for the most part, women are more inclined to take better care of themselves, but a reminder is always good for everyone.

  

  Landon Donovan
  • Good
  • Men
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• I think there was a time when I considered myself a work addict, but that's no longer accurate. My life has changed so dramatically over the last number of years, especially having a family now. My priorities have shifted.

  

  Edie Falco
  • Life
  • Time
  • Work

• Anyone driving through London after the school term ends will notice immediately how much easier it is to get around. The school run contributes massively to congestion.

  

  Zac Goldsmith
  • School
  • Driving
  • London

• I'm free - but I'm also not free because there are millions of young people living in Iran. A filmmaker can only do a little.

  

  Bahman Ghobadi
  • People
  • Free
  • Young

• No one really knows who I am or where I came from in America, and there's something quite nice about that.

  

  Kate Beckinsale
  • America
  • Quite

• When I was born, my parents were huge into skiing. I grew up on Mont Blanc, skiing on that hill. I was really a ski baby. Loved it; I still love it.

  

  Patrick Chan
  • Parents
  • Baby
  • Born

• Often times, we think of girls as soft and vulnerable. And we don't really think of them as possibly being the solutions to some of the world's toughest problems, but they really are.

  

  Queen Rania of Jordan
  • World
  • Think
  • Problems

• Remember, either you control your money or it will control you.

  

  T. Harv Eker
  • Money
  • Remember
  • Control

• Don't get up. Just sit a while and think. Never be afraid to sit a while and think.

  

  Lorraine Hansberry
  • Up

• I think living my happy, open life and showing young gay kids you can be successful, you can have love in your life, you can be a contributing member of society and you can be respected - I think that's it.

  

  Bryan Batt
  • Life
  • Kids
  • Happy

• I listen to a lot of Chicago blues, I suppose. It reminds me of growing up, I guess. But I'm also obsessed by close-harmony groups. Actually, I'm fascinated particularly by brother duos, how they blend together. The Everly Brothers, the Stanley Brothers, The McQuarrys. There's something inherently magical about harmony.

  

  John C. Reilly
  • Up
  • Together
  • Growing

• The best way to bring people in and have them empathize with others is through storytelling.

  

  Lee Unkrich
  • People

• The Google Voice service is a lifesaver for me. My actual phone number changes a lot, so having a canonical Google Voice number that doesn't change - it's actually my same number from high school - is indispensable.

  

  Matt Mullenweg
  • School
  • High
  • Service

• Health care got done because there were a lot of people out there who aren't professional politicians, but are citizens, who pushed for it even when the politics was hard.

  

  Barack Obama
  • People
  • Done
  • Health