Barack Obama Quotes
In the midst of economic recovery and global upheaval, disasters like this remind us of the common humanity that we share.
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I don't believe in accidents. There are only encounters in history. There are no accidents.
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I've got bowlegs, so if I do a midcalf look, I look bandy.
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We're passing on something of ourselves to others. I feel that's what makes our life full of meaning. It's hard to have meaning in a closet, encapsulated by nothing. I think you really have to expand yourself and your life and do what you can for other people.
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I never got into politics for it to be a career.
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When talking about writing, I often use the analogy of archaeology. There are these great tunes all around. Your skill as a musician allows you to pick them out without breaking them.
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I am so saddened and grossed out by young women who look like creepy, old aliens because of their new Barbie noses and lips. Is that a smile or a grimace?
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I have nothing to do with the selection of stories. I'm the reporter.
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I'd like to work with Bjork if I could get in the studio with her. We could probably travel to a different planet, you know what I'm saying?
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I'm the best Twitterer.
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I am someone who isn't always perfect.
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Acting, believe it or not, can get very self-involved! I feel fortunate to have been able to work on things with people who have a very specific point of view and perspective, and who feel like they're doing something very active.
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I draw and play the piano badly. But when I'm doing those things, I'm concentrating so hard there's no room for worry. I find that onstage, too.
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The rest of us are still trying to find ways to live in the world with spirit-ual values. Myself included. We've learned certain skills, we've learned to prevail somewhat, but we've not made it over the mountain.
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True intelligence requires fabulous imagination.
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Sound is often talked about in a very subjective way, as if it had a colour. This is a bright sound, this is a dark sound. I don't believe in that because I think that is much too subjective.
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When I retired from my music November 1997, it had been 37 years.
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If I didn't play tennis I don't know where I'd be.
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I work out in a studio. Every day, regardless where I am, at least two hours. I need it. I can't cease it.
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Historian: an unsuccessful novelist.
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Win the game in your mind, before the starting whistle.
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In a perfect world, everybody would be gay. I mean if everybody looked like Zach Braff, you just wouldn't be able to resist.
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We are in the midst of trying to fit Australia into the schedule after we go to Japan in January...
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My life is really stressful and before finding the vlogbrothers, nerdfighteria, you guys, I wasn't you know dead, but I really do feel like I have so much more in my life.
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In the midst of economic recovery and global upheaval, disasters like this remind us of the common humanity that we share.
