Barack Obama Quotes
Unfortunately, you've grown up hearing voices that incessantly warn of government as nothing more than some separate, sinister entity that's at the root of all our problems. Some of these same voices also do their best to gum up the works. They'll warn that tyranny is always lurking just around the corner. You should reject these voices.
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I think a strong dollar is the result of policies, but I don't think the strong dollar is in and of itself a policy.
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Do you force your kids to pay attention to what's going on, or do you let them live their lives outside of it? My hope is that my child is a strong activist. That would make me most proud.
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Comparing in the past years, Tamyra Gray and everyone else that didn't win but their careers are doing well.
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I now believe that major labels can only work with people who care more about fame and money than the quality of the art they produce.
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Back in high school, I didn't ever see a Muslim homecoming king or queen - there was never even anyone nominated. It just seemed for a lot of those events, Muslim kids were not being included, and it was probably our fault too - no one was going for it, but no one was trying to push us to do it, you know?
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Sometimes I don't understand why I'm sitting here.
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There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
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In U.S. sports, you tend to be pretty strictly limited by the size of your team's market. When we heard that Villa was a club here that might be available, I had a strong feeling that a team in the West Midlands could be the chance to create something very special.
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I'm pretty much a thrift shop gal. Flea markets on Sundays.
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Unfortunately, if you don't want to be in the spotlight, get out of it.
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When you grumble about a taxi being dirty, people your own age will absolutely agree with you, whereas younger people say, 'You should be so lucky to have a taxi - I walk to work!' So I have lots of young friends, who fortunately don't treat me as a guru, a person that knows all the answers.
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If you're governor of a state, and you have nothing to say when the president attacks the people that you represent, you are complicit.
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There are many things I love in this world. Music, acting, and animals are at the top of that list.
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I bungee-jump, skydive, surf and snowboard.
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People are not happy with women in actual power, yet we seem to be happy to take women on as figureheads, objects, like queens. It's a powerful yet politically powerless role.
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It's a shallow life that doesn't give a person a few scars.
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I've been very lucky.
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The two most important things to do for self-defense are not to take a martial arts class or get a gun, but to think like the opposition and know where you're most at risk.
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Christianity affects your whole life. I feel I'm more competitive, a better player, but off the field is where there is always a battle.
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Allowing children to spew forth whatever is on their minds in the name of openness only creates an illusion of family closeness.
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Whatever you see - any good results - are all from the pressure.
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A team is a group of young men playing together. The program is the entirety of that.
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The core of America is not racist. It is not hostile to women. It is increasingly offended by gay bashing. Yet it abhors government waste. It believes strongly in fiscal responsibility such as balanced budgets. It is pro-economic growth. It is concerned about the environment. It is intolerant of people on welfare who disdain the notion of work. But it wants poor kids to have school lunches and it wants to spend money to have good schools. In sum, most Americans are sensible, good-hearted, and prudent. The issue, then, is whether there is a political party that can welcome them home.
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Unfortunately, you've grown up hearing voices that incessantly warn of government as nothing more than some separate, sinister entity that's at the root of all our problems. Some of these same voices also do their best to gum up the works. They'll warn that tyranny is always lurking just around the corner. You should reject these voices.
