Barack Obama Quotes
It took a lot of blood, sweat and tears to get to where we are today, but we have just begun. Today we begin in earnest the work of making sure that the world we leave our children is just a little bit better than the one we inhabit today.
Quotes to Explore
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Even as a kid, I read 'Jung – Reflections and Individuation In Fairy Tales'; all the inner circle of Jung was a real huge thing for me.
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There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.
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Wearing nice lingerie makes me feel really glamorous. I love to splurge on that.
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Sometimes I'd like to play the bad guy and sometimes I'd like to die in a movie.
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The measure of a man is not how great his faith is, but how great his love is. We must not let government programs disconnect our souls from each other.
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In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise.
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If you're in a dark place, you're there for a reason. And the only way to get through to those kids or to other people going through the same thing is really to meet them in that dark place and then slowly bring them to the light.
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I don't regret doing any of my films. All of them have been great learning experiences, and they have contributed to making me what I am today.
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Fashion is very tough, and we shouldn't forget that before designers were money-makers, they were artists.
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You might not agree with me, but I always offer a lot of support.
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I liberate minds with my music. That's more important than liberating a few people from apartheid or whatever.
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Doing a kid's movie is fun when you have kids. You don't want to do kids' movies if you don't have kids. When you have kids, things change in your life.
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You can't embarrass Joss Whedon, he's got no pride! He fully admits it. 'Oh, it's me. I'm little and goofy.' You can't wound his pride. He's too self-deprecating.
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I'm not politically correct.
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If you seek my help and guidance, I will immediately give it to you.
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When the best leader's work is done the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'
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Fashion is one big family.
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Today I know that there is still work to be done, but along the way my I am achieving my dreams.
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I used to go out wearing any old rubbish, no make-up, nothing, but since mobile phones, that has all had to stop. People do come up to you so often and say hello, or want a photograph, and I just can't do it anymore in what I used to wear. They don't want to be seen hanging off a rabid old granny any more than I do.
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I'm a very slow reader.
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I try to look at it like an angry optimist. In other words, I'm not happy with the state of affairs that we have. The rise of nationalism under the guise of patriotism is so effed up, and underneath this banner of patriotism is the worst of nationalist rhetoric: racism, xenophobia, sexism, pitting communities against each other, implicitly inciting race wars and stuff like that. So that's the angry part of it, but I'm incredibly optimistic about the potential to redefine what it means to be a patriotic American .
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There were a lot of smiles on a lot of faces today.
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I don't have any desire to ever act again full time.
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It took a lot of blood, sweat and tears to get to where we are today, but we have just begun. Today we begin in earnest the work of making sure that the world we leave our children is just a little bit better than the one we inhabit today.
