Barack Obama Quotes
Since I've been in the Senate, is that my work with people like Tom Coburn on opening up transparency in government, making sure that every dollar the federal government spends that's out there - that that's all posted on a searchable database on the Internet.
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I think people come and go, 'I'm going to find the real Gary. What is it... the real Gary? I've got to find it.' But the thing is, it's pretty much what you see is what you get. I'm just like this. There's no hidden viciousness.
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As for advice for aspiring authors, the best I can give is to be brave. It sounds like a simple enough thing, but it's not. Rejection is such an integral part of this journey, and it never goes away.
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Everybody thinks they deserve something.
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You're creating new things in movies and people are going to steal them.
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For every three scripts that you get through, one will be made, and that doesn't even necessarily mean that they're going to cast you in it.
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I've dealt with a lot of couples over the years, and most cite the battle for closet and bathroom space as one of the most frequent causes of marital discord.
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A man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn't want to be bothered with sex and all that sort of thing.
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Reverence is fatal to literature.
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The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment. When I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my equipment.
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I don't have a great instrument. I don't have the kind of ungodly control over my voice and body that great actors have. And I've worked with enough great actors to know that I'm not one.
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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.
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I'm at the age most people are sending their kids off to college.
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When you have a chance to play a character people can relate to, it's rewarding.
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We have the only cookbook in the world that has partial differential equations in it.
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Violence is a tool of the ignorant.
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The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot forever fence it out.
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There is inspiration all around us.
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Every European goes on the streets and sees medieval churches. Not if you live in Indianapolis.
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Las veces que me comprendo un poco, comprendo menos a los demás.
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Management that is destructively critical when mistakes are made kills initiative. And it's essential that we have many people with initiative if we are to continue to grow.
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You grow up by making mistakes. I've made a ton of them, but as long as I keep on failing better, I don't mind.
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When people think of Aerosmith, I want them to think of the music we've made and nothing else. I don't want the responsibility of some young kid trying to live his life like I did back in the '70's.
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People need to know what's going on. People need to wake up.
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Since I've been in the Senate, is that my work with people like Tom Coburn on opening up transparency in government, making sure that every dollar the federal government spends that's out there - that that's all posted on a searchable database on the Internet.
