Barack Obama Quotes
Hope is the bedrock of this nation. The belief that our destiny will not be written for us, but by us, by all those men and women who are not content to settle for the world as it is, who have the courage to remake the world as it should be.
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If I started worrying about how my constituents are going to react to every move I make, I wouldn't be able to do my job here. I'll do what I think is right and explain it later.
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I happen to miss the Constitution; I thought it was a good document.
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I'll tell ya, when you open up that can of dab, it's always fresh.
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I buried Joel on our 48th anniversary. I had been with her since I was 16.
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Sometimes entire categories of craigslist are rendered nearly unusable by spam. Con artists prowl the listings, paying sellers with fake cashier's checks and luring buyers to share their credit card numbers.
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I love Coco de Mer.
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When the best leader's work is done the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'
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We've always made progress by understanding what the next great challenge is.
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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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You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can't possibly live long enough to make them all yourself.
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Credit you give yourself is not worth having.
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I am forever grateful for 'Cheers.'
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On the Day of Atonement, Jews are commanded to seek forgiveness from the people we have hurt.
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My instinct about a human being is paramount. For me, when a director has walked into my room or an assistant that I have hired, who has later gone on to become a director, is purely based on human instinct, be it Ayan Mukerji, Karan Malhotra, Punit Malhotra or Tarun Mansukhani. I am very susceptible to human energy and energy of spaces.
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No one thought the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight would happen, but I had patience.
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We must fight as a race for everything that makes for a better country and a better world. We are dreaming idiots and trusting fools to do anything less.
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All my life I have fought corruption.
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I was very aware of Jeff Buckley. My brother actually bought me The Mamas And The Papas and Jeff Buckley for my birthday when I was in my early teens.
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I will not get very far with this attitude.
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Gratitude is a choice. Happiness is an attitude.
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Palestine is the issue, and until this issue is resolved, there can be no peace.
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And whether a child is born in the urban sprawl of Detroit or the windswept plains of Nebraska, they look up at the same night sky, they fill their heart with the same dreams, and they are infused with the breath of life by the same almighty Creator.
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A home is not a mere transient shelter: its essence lies in the personalities of the people who live in it.
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Hope is the bedrock of this nation. The belief that our destiny will not be written for us, but by us, by all those men and women who are not content to settle for the world as it is, who have the courage to remake the world as it should be.
