Barack Obama Quotes
No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin or his background or his religion. ... People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love. ... For love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.
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I remember when I was growing up. My great wish was to understand who I was and how I fit in the world.
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By the end of high school, I would do shows at the theater at night and then take the train home and go to school the next morning.
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My husband had a very strong identity and was successful in his life. Thank God for that. There's no way I can control him. I wouldn't stay married to him if I felt I could. I can readily take my business personality into the home. But he forces me to be a partner rather than the boss.
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I don't want to make games for 12-year-olds. I have no interest in that. I haven't been 12 in a long time.
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I liked English and art and did a lot of painting. And for some reason I was good at math, but I wasn't an A student. I really had to work hard to get good grades.
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Effective preaching starts with loving the people we're preaching to.
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There's a burden of representation that comes into play when there aren't enough representatives of a certain group in popular culture.
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When you're putting good stuff into your body, you feel so much better.
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I think generally, in life, I try to always ensure that there are periodic moments where I do venture out of my comfort zone, because that's what keeps you alive. That's what keeps you from getting stale.
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I see myself as a composer who plays music and likes to play with other people, and not just as a solo artist.
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If it's a close election, then it's better for the Supreme Court to pick the president, whether or not he won the election. It's just insane on its face.
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Well first of all you have to make the character strong so that people can follow that. And then hopefully that character can integrate with the background of the social situation that people can recognize.
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I come from Surajpur, a valley in Himachal Pradesh near Manali that is named after my great grandfather Sarju Singh Ranaut.
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You know sometimes it's not the bigger roles that give you the most satisfaction, yeah?
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My parents weren't extremely successful financially, but they were happy people. They gave me confidence.
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Actors should never be important. Only directors should have power and place.
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If a farmer fills his barn with grain, he gets mice. If he leaves it empty, he gets actors.
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I've had a long line of failed television programs, pilots that were never picked up, series that didn't go very long. I've learned that there's really nothing you can do. If it's not in my control, I try not to worry about it.
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I don't wait for inspiration. I'm not, in fact, quite sure what inspiration is, but I'm sure that if it is going to turn up, my having started work is the precondition of its arrival.
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I know that my heart and my family are here in California, not in Washington, D.C.
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There are some people who must be saved without warning, and against their will.
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The success of my comedy has been not being afraid to touch on subject matters or issues that everyone else is politically scared of.
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No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin or his background or his religion. ... People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love. ... For love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.
