Barack Obama Quotes
If we got there and we looked up and we said, "You know what? Black folks are still doing a little bit worse off than whites, but it's not like it was 20 years ago," then we can have a discussion about how do we get that last little bit. But that's a high-class problem to have.
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I've got Asperger's syndrome and I'm not a very good people person, so I've always been more comfortable around machinery. Not in a weird way - I don't want to marry my car or anything stupid like that!
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The way through the world is more difficult to find than the way beyond it.
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My mom used to tell me when I was little, 'When it rains, it's God's manifestation - a big day's waiting to happen.'
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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.
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I'm honored that I'm in history, but I don't think it would mean anything if it doesn't change anything.
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I have always found photography magical, and became more taken with it whilst modeling.
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Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity.
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Getting your writing criticized can be a lot like getting skinned, and you respond to it just as enthusiastically.
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As an actor, you're always worried about getting stuck on a show that's not good because working actors need the paycheck. So being cast on a regular procedural, where everything gets wrapped up by the end of the episode, was always a fear of mine because that doesn't really test you as an actor.
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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.
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I've never been someone who needs a lot of takes or enjoys a lot of takes. I like the fast thing of it.
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I'm very competitive, and I want to win.
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The creative scientific process is - It's kind of - It's a windy road that has a trajectory, but it's a slow trajectory.
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I got beat up sometimes in the girls' bathroom.
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Even President Obama has not suggested he could get another country to pay for building a wall between Mexico and the United States.
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I'm still blowing alright, and I still enjoy it which is the main thing.
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What's more important to 'SNL': comedy or buzz? To the writers, players and guest hosts, it's probably the former; to Lorne Michaels and the suits at NBC, it's ultimately probably the latter.
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Only thanks to blissful ignorance, and the inspiration of my grandparents' story, did I actually believe tackling a novel would be an easy task. I've since learned otherwise.
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People on television have trouble with fame because audiences think they're their mates.
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I was pretty much grown-up by the time I attended school in Britain - or as grown-up as I'll ever get.
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We owe it to ourselves and to our policy makers to have a high standard of public debate about the future of our energy supplies.
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I don't really ever think in terms of what type of person I'd love to play. I usually just read stuff and can tell. It's always fun to get to do things that stretch you and that you don't get to do a lot, but you never know until you see it.
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If we got there and we looked up and we said, "You know what? Black folks are still doing a little bit worse off than whites, but it's not like it was 20 years ago," then we can have a discussion about how do we get that last little bit. But that's a high-class problem to have.
