Barack Obama Quotes

At various periods in American history, people get pretty rambunctious when it comes to our democratic debate.

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• I was brought up with beautiful music - Nat King Cole and Glen Miller from my dad, and my mum loved Judy Garland and Doris Day - brilliant stuff. Through my brothers and sisters I heard David Bowie and The Specials, The Carpenters, Meatloaf and The Rolling Stones.

  

  Imelda May
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• The true Christian is called to be a soldier and must behave as such from the day of his conversion to the day of his death. He is not meant to live a life of religious ease, indolence and security. He must never imagine for a moment that he can sleep and doze along the way to heaven, like one traveling in an easy carriage.

  

  J. C. Ryle
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• I always start the day by washing my face and moisturizing.

  

  Halston Sage
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• I inherited some Chanel pieces from my mother. I've worn Prada - absolutely. Wonderful designers are inspiring. I also love designers not known. I love a lot of vintage pieces. I am pretty minimal, pretty classic.

  

  Jaclyn Smith
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• 'Glee' is one of the very few mainstream outlets that is giving a voice to communities of people that don't necessarily have a loud voice, specifically the gay community. It gives a really positive and forward statement.

  

  Jack Antonoff Fun.
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• I want to pursue a career in film.

  

  O'Shea Jackson, Jr.
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• I don't mind what Congress does, as long as they don't do it in the streets and frighten the horses.

  

  Victor Hugo
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• Fear and its accompanying emotional reactions have become part of the public mindset. Such reactions, while often legitimate, are also being exploited with increasing frequency for political ends.

  

  Tariq Ramadan
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  • Fear
  • Emotional

• Be skeptical of concepts that divorce war from its political nature, particularly those that promise fast, cheap victory through technology.

  

  H. R. McMaster
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• I love the color pink. It makes a bold statement.

  

  Samuel Larsen
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• I've had to be tough my whole life.

  

  Karen Handel
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• It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.

  

  S. I. Hayakawa
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• I think I have a better sense of my weaknesses - being self-important, selfish and having a big ego probably triggers all the other stuff. I can see myself more clearly.

  

  K. D. Lang
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• Before I got into grad school, I used to work as a deck hand on these ferry boats in San Francisco, and they did day tours. It wasn't a bad job. I made decent money. But you were sitting down all day, tying up the boat, wiping it down. For some guys, that's a dream job, but for me it was kind of torture.

  

  Mahershala Ali
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• The significance and volume of repairs that are needed across the country demand that we give state and local governments the long-term certainty they need to effectively execute these projects.

  

  Sam Graves
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• I'm not a politician, I'm not an ideologue, I'm not an organizer anymore. I'm a human being sharing ideas, and those ideas have to feel fresh and from my heart and my head, and I have to feel it. You can't force that feeling.

  

  Hari Kondabolu
  • Heart
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• I really feel that political will is born out of popular will.

  

  Queen Rania of Jordan
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• There are so many stories from the Midwest that should be told. L.A. tells one story, and it's often about itself.

  

  Sam Jaeger
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• The American Humanist Association, whose slogan is 'Good without a God,' created the National Day of Reason with the Washington Area Secular Humanists to raise awareness about government threats to religious liberty and up the profile of the non-religious community.

  

  Elizabeth Flock
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• It's hard to actually take details from your personal life and apply them a scene because, as much as you can identify with a feeling, you just get muddled. As soon as you start bringing your own stuff in, it's like, 'No, that's not right.' You're playing a different person. You can relate, but you have to leave that stuff at the door.

  

  Kristen Stewart
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• In hip-hop, I wasn't very focused on delivering a message. It was just a string of lines that didn't connect. What I wanted to do is write stories... and affect someone's emotions with that song. I think as a soul singer, I'm able to accomplish that.

  

  Aloe Blacc
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  • Stories

• The worst time was 1983. Love and life and everything went wrong. I reached absolute rock bottom. I saw the Minotaur at the bottom of the abyss. I learnt of the harshness of the world and its impartiality to human failure.

  

  Ben Okri
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• I'm not interested in turning anybody on to anybody that I'm turned on to... if people want to find things, they find them themselves.

  

  Jimmy Page Led Zeppelin
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• At various periods in American history, people get pretty rambunctious when it comes to our democratic debate.

  

  Barack Obama
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