Barack Obama Quotes
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I was taught from a very early age that I had to work twice as hard to get half as much. That was the world I grew up in - a very strong work ethic.
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I wear the Jewish star, but I'm not - I haven't converted to Judaism, and I'm not - I'm not - I'm not Jewish in the conventional sense because the Kaballah is a belief system that predates religion and predates Judaism as an organized religion.
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Snoop Dog is the Phil Jackson of youth football coaches. He ain't going to accept nothing but a winner.
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Modesty means admitting the possibility of error, subsuming the self for the good of the whole, remaining open to surprise and the gifts that only failure can bring. There are many ways to practice it. Try taking up golf. Or making your own bagels. Or raising a teenager.
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How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours.
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When I was a child, I'd see a movie, I took it for what it was, I enjoyed it. And if I believed it I would tend to be more interested in knowing more about it.
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I've always wanted to be someone with credibility, and I want my food to speak for myself.
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Lead us not into temptation. Just tell us where it is; we'll find it.
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How do you create chemistry? If only I knew that! Some people say it's a natural thing that you have with someone, and maybe it is to do with that, but I think you can work on it.
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I always say you can never be extravagant with beauty. Beauty is God made real. Beauty is life.
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I'm an Indian-origin painter. I will remain so to my last breath.
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Tardiness in literature can make me nervous.
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I'm not more or less conscious than any other rapper out there.
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Being authentic can be a good thing in that often people who are fixated on that are also fixated on having very high standards, so they may maintain something they think has tremendous value. On the other hand, most of the kinds of music that I've been excited about are hybrid in their origins.
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My mom is a therapist, and my dad has a doctorate in psychology, and growing up, I felt 'very understood.'
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To many, Homer may appear lazy and a loser, but he's just much misguided. He's boorish, sure, but well meaning and, I guess, the one thing we have in common is the pursuit of lousy diets.
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Believe it or not, I'm a big fan of patchouli oil. I know it's not a universally liked fragrance. I usually combine it with other essential oils - I have many mixtures I like.
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The way that we are going after ageing, I think, is a problem. The modern medical model is basically designed to attack one disease at a time. Independent of all other diseases and independent of the basic process of ageing itself.
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The fact of the matter is that the United States faces real threats from criminals, terrorists, spies, and malicious cyber actors.
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Every day you run into artists on the streets in SoHo or other creative people you want to do something with. There's nothing to match that chance encounter.
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I will love you forever, he thought. I am lying, he thought, and this time he was right.
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If I put wrestling boots and wrestling trunks on one last time - and I'm going to - it's going to be done by me and me only.
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Writing is a solitary experience. I'm extremely superstitious. If I talk about the book or name the title out loud before finishing, I feel the energy I need to write will be drained. It's so intimate, I can't even share it with my wife.
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It's time to close Gitmo.
