Barack Obama Quotes
I think that whenever you have got an incoming president of the other side it takes a while for people to reconcile themselves with that new reality.
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Any constitutional amendment that simply gives Congress the option of regulating campaign finance fails to immediately achieve what the American people want, and that is a complete reversal of Citizens United and other Supreme Court decisions that have allowed corporations and the wealthy few to drown out the voices of everyday voters.
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A historical romance is the only kind of book where chastity really counts.
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I have changed so much as an actor over the years.
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Some of the furor that surrounded a Harry Potter publication was fun.
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In the day-to-day, farm work is stress relief for me. At the end of the day, I love having this other career - my anti-job - that keeps me in shape and gives me control over a vegetal domain.
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Every group has its idiosyncrasies, but at a certain point we all are human.
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I don't find anything upsetting or gross or degrading about fighting with a mental illness: Bipolar or Schizophrenia.
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If people get to the end of the record, then that is a treat.
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I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go, if you really want to go.
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You can't create a monster, then whine when it stomps on a few buildings.
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I'm committed to the goal of Senate Bill 324, and that is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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I've certainly not got any famous people's numbers on my phone. It's just not my thing, really.
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I try to play serious scenes a little funny and the comedy a little serious.
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It only looks like I get to eat a lot of food on TV. I really just get the one bite and the crew and guests eat everything else.
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As soon as someone finds out something you're insecure about or that bothers you, they will use that against you, which is awful.
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I go out and speak to women's groups all the time, and I say, 'Guys, you gotta laugh and find the humor in things. You gotta pass it on.'
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What we see today is an American economy that has boomed because of policies and developments of the 1950s and '60s: the interstate-highway system, massive funding for science and technology, a public-education system that was the envy of the world and generous immigration policies.
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The truth only irritates those it enlightens, but does not convert.
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Great artists are people who find the way to be themselves in their art. Any sort of pretension induces mediocrity in art and life alike.
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When I moved to Los Angeles, aged 54, I printed out Winston Churchill's phrase, 'Never, never, never give up', and stuck it on my fridge. I had no idea what was going to happen, but I knew I had to keep on going.
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All we talk about is 'Islamic terrorism.' If the two words are associated for long enough it's obviously going to have an effect on how people think about Muslims.
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I don't care what people think of me or for what reason they think of me. I don't feel like I don't know who I am to the degree that I have to change my hair to create a new me.
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My father was a great business leader and humanitarian who dedicated his life to the company and the community. He also was a wonderful family man, a loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. He will be greatly missed by everyone who knew him, yet he will continue to inspire us all.
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I think that whenever you have got an incoming president of the other side it takes a while for people to reconcile themselves with that new reality.
