Barack Obama Quotes
Based on current surveys of public opinion in the United States, it turns out that the majority of Americans think I've done a pretty good job.
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Nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation are not utopian ideals. They are critical to global peace and security.
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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NATO remains the cornerstone of Atlantic security.
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I've been working on this feature script for Master Class, a play by Terrence McNally that won a lot of Tonys.
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A big reason why I'm not a big TV watcher is that in my formative years as a viewer, there wasn't that much great television on, or at least, television that appealed to me.
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I like to think I'm quite brave. I stand up for myself.
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I would love to direct one day. I value the relationship that I have with a director so much, and I would be really excited to be on the other end of that relationship.
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The John Birch Society is not ultra-conservative, communist-hating, and racist as opponents paint it.
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People deal with models like they are children. They think they can pull one over on you. It's actually funny. I'm always like, I'm about to pull something on you, and you're so focused on thinking I'm dumb, you're not even going to know.
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I grew up on Bach and Beethoven, and now I'm listening to more modern composers who I can't even name. But since I'm constantly doing music, it's difficult to have that quality time to listen to music and do classical stuff.
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We are a mixed economy. We will remain a mixed economy. The public and private sector will continue to play a very important role. The private sector in our country has very ample scope and I am confident that India's entrepreneurs have the capacity, and the will to rise to the occasion.
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I don't usually wear a lot of makeup because I tend to like a natural look.
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Most of the time, economic data is fairly benign. I don't wish to imply it is meaningless, but it is not a driver of stock markets. Indeed, the correlation between economic noise and how equity markets perform has been wildly overemphasized.
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What is extraordinary about contemporary art is the energy - it has our energy. New energy. Pieces hundreds of years old are beautiful from an aesthetic point of view, but without our modern energy.
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I find Indian music very funky. I mean it's very soulful, with their own kind of blues. But it's the only other school on the planet that develops improvisation to the high degree that you find in jazz music. So we have a lot of common ground.
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Whenever I visited China in the past, the relationships always felt superficial; there was no time where I felt those moments of conflict and delight that make you feel close to another person. But since I started touring there in 2004, I would always collaborate with local musicians, and that opened up a new level of intimacy.
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This result was confirmed by different researchers using various experimental arrangements.
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Since every man desires happiness, it is evidently no small matter whether he conceives of happiness in terms of work or of enjoyment.
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All of the very important events in my life happen by chance.
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It only worked for a little while; the morning after I agreed to go with Universal, an article came out in the Hollywood trade papers, and the secret was out.
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How completely, how thoroughly he has stolen my child. I have never even tried to forgive him.
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There are always the kids who just love animals. Unfortunately, though, people have become afraid of the outdoors.
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To develop your own voice, you have to keep writing a ton, and this is something where I think Twitter is helpful. I use it to write a ton of jokes. You have to write a ton of bad stuff before you know what you're good at. And that's what some people I think have trouble with, the thought of getting past the bad stuff.
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Based on current surveys of public opinion in the United States, it turns out that the majority of Americans think I've done a pretty good job.
