Barack Obama Quotes
But it will depend on young people like you being open to new ideas and new possibilities. And it will require young people like you never to stereotype or assume the worst about other people.
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I feel that there has been progress made since I was a boy on matters of race, but we have a long way to go.
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You've just got to sing, do some kind of singing every day. Early mornings and cold weather can mess with that. I drink special teas with cayenne pepper, but I think you're psyching yourself out, really.
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I've been really lucky with the people that I've gotten to work with. I learn a lot from them, just by watching them.
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It's a cliche, but there really is no handbook about the celebrity thing; you have to figure it out as you go along.
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Victorious living does not mean freedom from temptation, nor does it mean freedom from mistakes.
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I know it is the fans that are responsible for me being here. I've always tried in each and every broadcast to serve the fans to the best of my ability.
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We live in an inter-dependent world. An isolated India is not in our interest.
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It is a remarkably easy thing to do, pointing out the faults of others and suggesting remedies or courses of action in an argumentative and pedantic sort of way, and I am still amazed that there are many people in the American media who are paid very big money to do this.
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I am Gabrielle Anwar: mother, lover, daughter, sister, friend, and creator in the pursuit of happiness.
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Working with the dying is like being a midwife for this great rite of passage of death. Just as a midwife helps a being take their first breath, you help a being take their last breath.
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Generally my songs are just some riffs slung together as an excuse for a guitar solo.
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I got disappointed in human nature as well and gave it up because I found it too much like my own.
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I've met the Dalai Lama briefly, but I would probably say my grandfather was the wisest person I ever met. He was my mother's father, an Indian, a family doctor, and very unlike me in that he was deeply religious.
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I have had someone ask me to sign their 'Team Taylor' panties. She wasn't a teenager. She was in her 40s.
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I used to draw and make plastic figurines and watch 'Wallace and Gromit' films.
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It's very little trouble for me to accommodate my fans, unless I'm actually taking a pee at the time.
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I can see myself always writing songs - but I'm not sure if I'll always want to perform.
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Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.
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I wanted to be a poet when I was 20; I had no interest in fiction or biography and precious little interest in history, but those three elements in my life have become the most important.
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As a young man, I was a navy officer in Vietnam. I made $320 a month and would always give away $50 a month to a family I felt that was in greater need than me, in addition to my tithing to my church. I've just always felt in my heart, coming from a very humble background, that there are plenty of people who need a break in life.
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I have never, for better or worse, thought about a 'career path' or anything like that.
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Never hope for it more than you work for it.
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We want kids to value real food and understanding that it isn't just about feeding people but about nourishing the body, the community and the planet.
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But it will depend on young people like you being open to new ideas and new possibilities. And it will require young people like you never to stereotype or assume the worst about other people.
