Barack Obama Quotes
One of the things that you learn, having been in this [President's] office for four years, is the old adage of Abraham Lincoln's. That with public opinion there's nothing you can't do and without public opinion there's very little you can get done.
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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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I have four kids. They are two years apart, and contraception has been very, very good to me.
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Push your luck. If you see a pretty girl in a bar, say something.
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To be honest, proper recognition has only come from the fans. I don't want to be hard, and I don't want to be negative, but I want to be honest.
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To be honest, I think that I am a bit of a singer, coming from Wales; being Welsh, we are all very proud of our singing heritage.
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If Turkey wants to join Europe, it will have to become a European country, and that might take a long time.
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I know what feels good to eat and what doesn't. I try to err on the side of choices I know will leave me feeling more energized and ready to go, because it's always better to feel healthy.
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I live in a Mobile Home - I've never had a house, except once; I rented a log cabin.
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If I do my very best, then the camera and the audience will follow me, and eventually they will somehow feel like I feel. I don't have to show it to them. I don't have to speak it out loud.
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I know that I came into the world with what I call 'big dharma' - with a blueprint to teach self-reliance and a positive loving approach to large numbers of people all over the globe. I am ever so grateful for the circumstances of my life that allowed me to be pretty much left alone and to develop as I was so intended in this incarnation.
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Throughout American history many of our social gains and much of our progress toward democracy were made possible by the active intervention of the federal government.
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Likewise nanotechnology will, once it gets under way, depend on the tools we have then and our ability to use them, and not on the steps that got us there.
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I love things that are indescribable, like the taste of an avocado or the smell of a gardenia.
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I do think one should have clean feet.
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The importance of satire is bringing more people to the table. There are a lot of average citizens who aren't interested in politics and would be more interested if it's brought to them in a comedic, funny, satirical way.
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I love fashion and there is no easier way to express yourself than through the clothes you wear.
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Bling is good.
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The smorgasbord of images now presented to us is getting bloodier. They're becoming more frequent - almost hourly.
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I'm very much a girl that likes to have options. That's the way I am with fashion, and that's the way I am with my life.
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Otherwise I'll fall apart. I'm going to fall apart. I am falling apart.
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I'd say to anyone trying to break into the business: Don't just be interested in movies. Be interested in life. Be a person. Be in touch.
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The Eyemo was heavy and could be noisy. Once, I was in an auditorium filming a speech made by Goebbels when, suddenly, it decided to emit a huge snarling sound. Goebbels froze, and hundreds of uniformed Brownshirts turned and glared at me in anger. It was not a comfortable moment.
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One of the things that you learn, having been in this [President's] office for four years, is the old adage of Abraham Lincoln's. That with public opinion there's nothing you can't do and without public opinion there's very little you can get done.
