Barack Obama Quotes
In a world of complex threats, our security and leadership depends on all elements of our power - including strong and principled diplomacy.
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I'm a character actor.
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I was a big 'Battlestar Galactica' fan and 'Star Trek' fan. I grew up watching those.
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Beethoven's importance in music has been principally defined by the revolutionary nature of his compositions. He freed music from hitherto prevailing conventions of harmony and structure.
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When I go a stretch without tweeting, I will occasionally get an email from my mom, checking in. I always find this amusing but also gratifying: Thanks to Twitter, I can keep in touch with my parents and let them in on what I'm doing in a way that even the regular phone calls of a doting daughter can't do.
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I will do today what others won't so I can do tomorrow what others can't.
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The administrative control of the government remains everywhere. You can't have a government within the country and not have control over everything that's happening in the country... Even in the Election Commission there is some extent of administrative control.
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It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it.
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Just because a rapper is white, I don't feel the need to attack them.
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While teaching, I also worked undercover in the lower courts by saying I was a young law teacher wanting experience in criminal law. The judges were happy to assist me but what I learned was how corrupt the lower courts were. Judges were accepting money right in the courtroom.
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Picture yourself in your minds eye as having already achieved this goal. See yourself doing the things you'll be doing when you've reached your goal.
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I have been afraid of guns, I have sworn I would never use a gun on another person and so did not need one, and I have wanted to deny the existence of evil.
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The final phone call that said we're going to be picked up again was just a miracle. We've overcome the impossible and we're still pushing forward. I know John is smiling and so happy that he gets to watch us on TV.
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Unending was the stream, unending the misery, unending the sorrow.
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When you make a movie, it's up to so many things and so many people.
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Apparently, I'm very good at firing a gun without blinking, which is unusual. That's why so many action characters have to wear sunglasses during shoot-out scenes. That's my party trick.
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Working with 50 Cent was great, you know what Im saying? It was just great to work with 50 Cent.
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There are other ways of finding satisfaction, recipes for human happiness, enjoyment, dignified and meaningful, gratifying life, than increased consumption that increases production.
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I take a lot of pictures.
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Having an animal that you fix, knowing that you saved its life or you saved a pet - Like on a dog, these little kids will come, and their dog is just ready to die, and you do something, and they leave happy. The kids are happy, and the little puppy is licking your hand. Those are kind of neat feelings.
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I think that America will not trust a party to defend America that isn't willing to defend itself.
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Obviously, the hit singles get the biggest reaction - that's when you can see people really getting excited.
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Now to explore the limits of the one competitor above everyone else you've always loved to face: Steve Prefontaine.
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Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you.
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In a world of complex threats, our security and leadership depends on all elements of our power - including strong and principled diplomacy.
