Barack Obama Quotes

America is much less violent than it was 20, 30 years ago, and immigration is much less a problem than it was not just 20, 30 years ago, but when I came in as president.

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• Best player I ever played against? I mean, I played against many, many good players, so I don't know who to keep. I would say Ronaldo the Fenomeno.

  

  Zlatan Ibrahimovic
  • Good
  • Know
  • Best

• It's remarkable what a new kidney does to your life. I have no complaints... I'm pretty amazed. I have been working on my stamina.

  

  Natalie Cole
  • Life
  • Pretty
  • Working

• I think I'm a critic of corporate power, whether locally or globally. And the term 'globalization' I've never found all that helpful.

  

  Naomi Klein
  • Power
  • Think
  • Globalization

• I loved being on the set of 'Field of Dreams' because I hung out with the baseball players all day, played cards, flirted with Ray Liotta, and had a ball.

  

  Gaby Hoffmann
  • Day
  • Baseball
  • Dreams

• I've had about 140 albums released, and I've done everything I wanted to do.

  

  Hank Snow
  • Done
  • Wanted
  • Everything

• I have a little basement studio set up here at my house, and I do probably 80 percent of the recording here on my own. With multi-tracking technology, I can play various parts on top of one another.

  

  Washed Out
  • Up
  • House
  • Technology

• Whoever sets any bounds for the reconstructive power of the religious life over the social relations and institutions of men, to that extent denies the faith of the Master.

  

  Walter Rauschenbusch
  • Life
  • Men
  • Power

• Lipgloss is my calling!

  

  Vanessa Hudgens
  • Calling

• I tried the broadcasting thing, the coaching thing, but I'll never replace the competitive feeling of being out on the field when we were players.

  

  Gary Carter
  • Feeling
  • Never
  • Coaching

• As a musician usually music is your way out.

  

  Damon Albarn Gorillaz
  • Music
  • Way
  • Musician

• I joined the swim team when I was 12, and I was the worst kid in the pool - I was put with a group of 7-year-olds.

  

  Lance Armstrong
  • Team
  • Kid
  • Pool

• I always thought I should be treated like a star.

  

  Madonna Breakfast Club
  • Always
  • Star
  • Thought

• All great rebellions are born of private acts of civil disobedience that inspire rebel bands to plot together.

  

  Nancy Gibbs
  • Great
  • Together
  • Inspire

• There's nothing that's impossible to me. You can ask my parents.

  

  Taylor Wilson
  • Parents
  • Me
  • Impossible

• The symbolic value of having an African-American president has certainly eased some racial tensions in America, but they're not gone.

  

  Naomi Wolf
  • American
  • America
  • Value

• Someone has to stand up for wimps.

  

  Barbara Ehrenreich
  • Up
  • Stand
  • Someone

• Having a dream, living that dream, losing that dream, dreaming again and then having that dream come true again is one of the greatest feelings ever because I'm stronger.

  

  Aaron Carter
  • True
  • Dream
  • Feelings

• If I couldn't broadcast baseball games, I think I would make a good impression on people.

  

  Mackenzie Astin
  • People
  • Good
  • Baseball

• A vow is a purely religious act which cannot be taken in a fit of passion. It can be taken only with a mind purified and composed and with God as witness.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
  • God
  • Mind
  • Passion

• My four years in the Marine Corps left me with an indelible understanding of the value of leadership skills.

  

  Frederick W. Smith
  • Value
  • Understanding
  • Leadership

• I can draw pencil lines to show something is moving, but if I'm writing, I struggle with how to write it. The boy ran down the hallway? The boy ran quickly down the hallway? The boy ran down the marble hallway? I agonize over the words. So my editor works very hard. I'm lucky to have her.

  

  Brian Selznick
  • Writing
  • Words
  • Moving

• I'm so proud of my Chinese ancestry, but I was born and raised in America, and I really believe in American values, our American system, our freedom, our liberties.

  

  Gary Locke
  • Believe
  • American
  • America

• My kids are at a point in their lives where I'm a moral compass for them. God help them both.

  

  Jack Wagner
  • God
  • Kids
  • Help

• America is much less violent than it was 20, 30 years ago, and immigration is much less a problem than it was not just 20, 30 years ago, but when I came in as president.

  

  Barack Obama
  • America
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