Barack Obama Quotes
I've come to embrace the notion that I haven't done enough in my life. I've come to confirm that one's title, even a title like president of the United States, says very little about how well one's life has been led. No matter how much you've done or how successful you've been, there's always more to do, always more to learn, and always more to achieve.
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We continue to be bullish on China.
Carlos Ghosn
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It is annoying to be honest to no purpose.
Ovid
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The only thing simple about the past is that it's not now.
Larry Poons
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These are estimates that are done by the experts as to how much they expect we could get from the first lease sale that would take place in ANWR, and the estimate is about $2.5 billion.
Gale Norton
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We love a tale of heroes and villains and conflicts requiring a neat resolution.
Barry Ritholtz
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An indictment of entitlements has to focus on the huge 'social wealth' that the welfare state creates at the stroke of the pen. Yet statistical tests of the effects of welfare spending on employment yield erratic results.
Edmund Phelps
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Skid Row would probably be my favorite Jersey band.
Eddie Trunk
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I never carry a purse. My iPhone is always with me, a credit card, and a piece of mint chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream gum.
Rachel G. Fox
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Real tolerance means respecting other people even when they baffle you and you have no idea why they think what they think.
G. Willow Wilson
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Out of the depths, O Lord, out of the depths,' begins the most beautiful of the services of our church, and it is out of the depths of my life that I must bring the incidents of this story.
Hall Caine
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In 1853, American warships bullied Japan out of centuries of virtual isolation and into the modern world. The threat of force compelled Japan, like India and China before it, to accept trade agreements that were economically ruinous and eroded national sovereignty.
Pankaj Mishra
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I've always been a huge fan of Julia Roberts. Without her what would the world be like?
Cameron Diaz
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The perceptive act is a reaction of the mind upon the object of which it is the perception.
Samuel Alexander
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Well, it's taken a long time to get the Department of Homeland Security established. It's taken a long time for the Congress to decide how much it wanted to fund.
Warren Rudman
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Selling is something we do for our clients - not to our clients.
Zig Ziglar
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I really like rustic mediterranean cooking. And I like trying out curry takeaways.
Jack Dee
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Any business owner can tell you that if their company isn't performing profitably and up to standards, one of two things will happen: either you make changes to improve its efficiency, or a competitor will drive you out of business. Market forces have a way of cutting to the chase rather quickly.
J. B. Pritzker
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One who is persistent will excel.
Venus Williams
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God does nothing except in response to believing prayer.
John Wesley
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It is not easy for me to digest meat. I waste too much energy in digesting meat, and that's why I get my proteins from other products. I like beans and other legume plants very much. I need a lot of 'live' products such as fruit and vegetables.
Ilya Ilyin
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If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters.
Alan K. Simpson
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Place unopened pouch in warm water for 5-10 minutes. Unopened pouch may be laid on a warm surface. Lay unopened pouch in direct sunlight. Not much chance of that down here. Place unopened pouch inside you shirt, allow you body temperature to warm your MRE. I was surprised they left out: Place unopened pouch on ground and pee on it.
S. A. Bodeen
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I love rock-n-roll. I think it's an exciting art form. It's revolutionary. Still revolutionary and it changed people. It changed their hearts. But yeah, even rock-n-roll has a lot of rubbish, really bad music.
Nick Cave The Birthday Party
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I've come to embrace the notion that I haven't done enough in my life. I've come to confirm that one's title, even a title like president of the United States, says very little about how well one's life has been led. No matter how much you've done or how successful you've been, there's always more to do, always more to learn, and always more to achieve.
Barack Obama