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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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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What matters is discovering myself under the veneer, under the layers that are wrapped around me. There are two 'yous'; there's 'you', the real you, and then there's the image.
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Sentimentality is the only sentiment that rubs you the wrong way.
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I think gymnastics was associated with the 10. I thought that belonged to the sport, and somehow we gave it way.
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Heaven help the American-born boy with a talent for ballet.
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We all have people who are literally one life shock away from going into a crisis. For many of us, we have a buffer in one way or another. We have a savings account, or we have credit that we can go to. The underserved don't have that luxury.
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I never throw things out because they are old. I wear my favourite clothes until they are indecent.
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Judicial judgment must take deep account of the day before yesterday in order that yesterday may not paralyze today.
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I'm married, I have a couple kids, I've traveled a lot, I've done book tours a lot, I'm happy to stay home and take my kids to school and come to the office.
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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.
