Barack Obama Quotes
The very technologies that empower us to do great good can also be used to undermine us and inflict great harm.
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Kids love to look at pictures of themselves.
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I think that, as is the case offline, we should not be tolerant of hate speech, racist comments, or groups that promote hatred or intolerance in any shape or form.
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The spring wakes us, nurtures us and revitalizes us. How often does your spring come? If you are a prisoner of the calendar, it comes once a year. If you are creating authentic power, it comes frequently, or very frequently.
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The climate has been changing since there was a climate.
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Giving people some kind of control over what they do is important. Human beings don't do their best work under conditions of control.
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History's a resource.
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An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.
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Customs form us all, our thoughts, our morals, our most fixed beliefs; are consequences of our place of birth.
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Turning 18 is a big deal.
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When I was a kid and putting out my first records, there was a lot made out of the fact that the '50s/'60s generation was so dominant.
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I was poor. When you're poor you work, and when you're rich you expect somebody to hand it to you. So I think being reasonably poor is very good for people.
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I did a B.A. with a major in fine arts and a minor in psychology. I wanted to become a teacher or do art therapy for the elderly. But then I realised I wanted to travel instead.
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My tennis is aggressive, though I wouldn't say that it's more physical than technical. I rely more on technique than physique, but being physical is always a help to me.
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We shouldn't judge people through the prism of our own stereotypes.
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We cannot control what emotions or circumstances we will experience next, but we can choose how we will respond to them.
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Dancing doesn't have a language.
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The value of an arts education is widely accepted, especially in California.
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They hate whom they fear.
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I was commissioned in 2003 to create an original show, and began developing 'Upwake.' 'Upwake' tells the story of Zero, a modern-day business man, going to work with his life in a suitcase, stuck between dream and reality and not able to decipher the two. I wanted 'Upwake' to have the same audiovisual qualities as a movie would.
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I don't come from a famous family and don't have this detachment from everyday people and everyday life. I'm just doing my job and the attention that comes with it is part of the territory.
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I feel as if my mission is to write, to see, to observe, and I feel lazy if I'm not reaching conclusions. I feel stupid. I feel as if I'm wasting my time.
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The joke newspaper, it says Canada abandons the monarchy.
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Get into a line that you will find to be a deep personal interest, something you really enjoy spending twelve to fifteen hours a day working at, and the rest of the time thinking about.
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The very technologies that empower us to do great good can also be used to undermine us and inflict great harm.
