Barack Obama Quotes
Partial answers on the questions: 'And what did you mean when you said you would come back? Would you lobby Congress? Maybe explore the political arena again?'
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I'm used to very low-budget situations. In 'The Exploding Girl,' we were literally changing in Starbucks because we didn't have trailers.
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I like doing a challenging class because it makes me more brave in life. My perception of hardships is now completely different. I'm not whining and moaning inside as much.
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The McCain-Feingold limit on how much you give a candidate didn't really work because people found ways to get around it.
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If someone says, 'I love that lipstick,' I will always try to answer, honestly, if I know what color it is. It's a connective tissue.
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I suppose I shouldn't go around admitting I speak untruths on the radio.
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Any country that wants to lower its mobile phone rates, all they need to do is bring in an aggressive player.
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There's no musical landscape to poetry. It has somewhat of a higher standard than songs, I think.
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I might literally fall over dead if I meet Oprah Winfrey. I'm kind of joking, but I'm not confident that wouldn't happen.
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The truth is that for a Democrat to triumph in a presidential election, it needs to come on the heels of 'the dark times' of an unpopular Republican administration. Carter followed the Nixon era, Clinton succeeded after 12 years of Reagan/Bush, and Obama was a direct result of eight years of Bush/Cheney.
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I'm very happy to co-produce a film like 'Srimanthudu.'
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Sound-wise, I'm really limitless in the way I write songs. Whatever comes out, comes out. Every song is completely different.
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Follow the fellow who follows a dream.
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You live these three months in this reality, in this dark reality. You don't want to do those films every year because they're taxing. I started smoking a lot of cigarettes.
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I'm a really bad liar.
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I'm a 24-hour tweet machine, I'm a 24-hour blogger. When there's no pressure on me, I can talk and write and lecture with the best of them. But put a deadline on me and I start getting writer's block.
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This is all the inheritance I give to my dear family. The religion of Christ will give them one which will make them rich indeed.
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Emmitt Smith is a great running back. One of the things I like about him along with Edgerrin James is that neither one of them 'show out' when they run a touchdown.
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Greek yogurt with some olive oil stirred in can transform many dishes.
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People still create limitations and laws for women. But every woman deserves to choose her own path.
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Benjamin Franklin maintained that every star is a sun, and every sun nourishes a 'chorus of worlds' just like ours.
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In the end there is nothing to be done but to state clearly what has been done, without shame or regret, and say: Here I am, and this is what I am. Now deal with me as you see fit. That is your right. Mine is to stand by the act, and pay the price. You do what you must do, and pay for it. So in the end all things are simple.
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I love doing normal things - movies, shopping, going out with friends, writing, reading, taking hot bubble baths - that's a big one for relaxation. I also love to go to art and history museums.
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Be skeptical of concepts that divorce war from its political nature, particularly those that promise fast, cheap victory through technology.
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Partial answers on the questions: 'And what did you mean when you said you would come back? Would you lobby Congress? Maybe explore the political arena again?'
