Barack Obama Quotes
We will convey our deep appreciation for the Islamic faith, which has done so much over the centuries to shape the world - including in my own country.
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My mom really inspired me. She has always taught me it's not about us, it's about what we can give back.
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I think Woody Allen is Woody Allen, and no matter where he goes he still makes his Woody Allen films.
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We did a remake of Lost in Space. Filmed it in London for four months.
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It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
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Vox populi vox dei: the voice of the people is the voice of God. The slogan was useful for those who first attempted to substitute the people for God as the source of political authority. Their attempt was ultimately so successful that God no longer seems to be needed in government.
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The fact that Western Muslims are free means that they can have enormous impact. But it would be wrong to claim that we are imposing our ways on the West. New ideas are now coming from the West. To be traditional is not so much a question of protecting ourselves as to be traditionalist in principle.
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At no point am I ever threatened by people who question who I am, or why I like the things I do, or my legitimacy. Because I know who I am very strongly, and I think that's what geek culture can reinforce.
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I say: The time has come for my courageous and proud people, after decades of displacement and colonial occupation and ceaseless suffering, to live like other peoples of the earth, free in a sovereign and independent homeland.
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I recognize myself to be an intensely naive person. Most novelists are, despite frequent pretensions to deep socio-political insight.
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It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.
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I was raised in an observant Jewish household, so for me, Hebrew prayers - the sounds, the sunlight streaming in from the stained-glass windows of a synagogue - bring my father back to me as surely as if he were sitting next to me, my head pressed against his shoulder.
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When people are poor, they find ways of making things taste like fish.
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I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.
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I went to high school in a steel town in Pennsylvania.
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I retreat to my cave in a very male fashion.
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I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.
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Writing is the supreme solace.
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I don't like Botox. It makes a very strange forehead.
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The show is called 'MacGyver,' and I've got to be there every day. There are probably a lot of girls out there watching the show that I don't have time to talk to.
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I come from a very close class. I lucked out because drama schools are often very competitive... I have fourteen classmates.
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If you don't watch 'The Young Turks,' you don't know me at all. Whereas no one watches Anderson Cooper, but everyone knows him.
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I've been all over the world. I've been to Japan, Africa, Morocco, everywhere. Heck yeah, I would go to Ireland. Why not?
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We will convey our deep appreciation for the Islamic faith, which has done so much over the centuries to shape the world - including in my own country.
