Barack Obama Quotes
We need to recognize that the situation in Ferguson speaks to broader challenges that we still face as a nation. The fact is, in too many parts of this country, a deep distrust exists between law enforcement and communities of color. Some of this is the result of the legacy of racial discrimination in this country.
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People think I am America's party girl, which is just stupid. I have done 24 movies and I am creating my own TV show.
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And although I've been very fortunate in the film work that's come my way, I need to get back to the stage. If I'm away for a maximum of two years, I feel something's wrong.
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The first book I sat down to write was an historical romance. It was really bad and thankfully no one ever saw it.
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Verily He answereth him who prayeth unto Him, and is near unto him who calleth on Him.
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I think it all comes down to motivation. If you really want to do something, you will work hard for it.
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I am super-proud to have a sort of famous character in my background that if you're a certain age, he was probably a part of your youth. I think that's pretty cool.
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I am now in a position to choose roles. I did not have so many offers before 'Queen,' but now things have changed a lot.
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It's a wonderful feeling being a bridge to the past and unite generations.
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People still text me to say that there is something about me in the paper, and what really annoys me is that if it's nasty, I then have to go and have a look, even though actually I don't want to know.
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For any couple, once you delve into the idea of non-monogamy, you're entering pretty frightening territory.
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I've written everywhere - in hotel rooms, cafes, airports, and planes all around the world. Now I have a home office, and the wi-fi is really bad down there, which is great. If I make a date with myself to write from, say, 6 A.M. to 10 A.M. on a Saturday, the fact that no emails come in helps me focus.
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There's no regrets for me.
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I find a lot of young filmmakers make too much of an effort to be trendy and they can be pretentious.
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I think a lot of Bernstein - but not as much as he does.
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Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate.
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My goal is to make people feel passionately, if it's negative or positive, I did my job.
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Glenn Gould was my hero. Glenn Gould was my idol. I loved him.
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The way you wield your power is about using it to afford you opportunities that you wouldn't otherwise have. So I'm very creatively ambitious, and I just hope people notice it; that's all I want.
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People should recognize who you are and how you can act rather then how famous you are.
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All wishes, whatever their apparent content, have the same and unvarying meaning: 'I refuse to be what I am.'
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Democracy is not dying. We know it because we have seen it revive - and grow. We know it cannot die - because it is built on the unhampered initiative of individual men and women joined together in a common enterprise - an enterprise undertaken and carried through by the free expression of a free majority.
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For graduate school I ended up going to the University of Iowa, which is, of course, the best graduate writing program in the country.
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I exercise all the time, every morning, and then I do music in the afternoon. I walk two to three miles a day and do Pilates twice a week.
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We need to recognize that the situation in Ferguson speaks to broader challenges that we still face as a nation. The fact is, in too many parts of this country, a deep distrust exists between law enforcement and communities of color. Some of this is the result of the legacy of racial discrimination in this country.
