Barack Obama Quotes
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[J]ust because you have an individual right does not mean that the state or local government can't constrain the exercise of that right.
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We filmed one scene on the beach and there was definitely weird energy around, and we were followed around by a white owl to several different locations, and little things like that, or certain mishaps would happen and you'd have to wonder what that was about.
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I think that black people, to a degree, need to have a certain level of dexterity. If we want to be at the highest level of whatever our field is, we have to be able to navigate both worlds. We all just know that you gotta be able to put that suit on and have a conversation with people that don't look like you or your family.
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I don't have a disregard for my reader in humor pieces.
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Modern man must descend the spiral of his own absurdity to the lowest point; only then can he look beyond it. It is obviously impossible to get around it, jump over it, or simply avoid it.
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I went to a military school between the ages of six and 12 and later into the air force. You learn discipline and strength of character.
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I'll say things that are serious and put them in a joke form so people can enjoy them. We laugh to keep from crying.
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I grew up on 'Lost.' I was 17 when I started, and I did it for four or five years, on and off.
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The basic question 'will I obey Christ 's teaching?' is rarely taken as a serious issue. For example, to take one of Jesus' commands, that is relevant to contemporary life, I don't know of any church that actually teaches a church how to bless people who curse them, yet this is a clear command.
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Where the stakes are the highest, in the war on terror, we cannot possibly succeed without extraordinary international cooperation. Effective international police actions require the highest degree of intelligence sharing, planning and collaborative enforcement.
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It is not length of life, but depth of life.
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It is remarkable how easily children and grown-ups adapt to living in a dictatorship organised by lunatics.
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Give the peasants neither life nor death.
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I'm a 'Bridesmaids' type of girl. I love silliness. That's who I am at heart, and I know I can do it. If my career path takes me elsewhere, that's great. But comedy is my forte.
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We are looking at a future where to a first approximation, everyone is wealthy.
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The fact of the matter is that the government is there to protect the people.
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There are definitely scripts I start reading, where it doesn't interest me. Maybe it'll be a good movie, but the character doesn't intrigue me.
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Love's greatest gift is its ability to make everything it touches sacred.
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Protecting eagles from the threat of extinction is a conservation success story that we must prudently safeguard for future generations to come.
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I still haven't figured out how to have fun on a shoot.
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When a play is really cooking, there's nothing like it.
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Simplicity is the glory of expression.
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The Internet has given us 10 or 15 new styles of communication: long messages like blogging, and then short messages like texting and tweeting. I see it all as part of an expanding array of linguistic possibilities.
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I know I need to exercise. For some people, exercise is like breathing; for others, like me, it takes effort. Exercising is what I need for my metabolism and for a better sense of well-being.
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[J]ust because you have an individual right does not mean that the state or local government can't constrain the exercise of that right.
