Barack Obama Quotes
Evil does exist in the world. A non-violent movement could not have halted Hitler's armies. Negotiations cannot convince al Qaeda's leaders to lay down their arms. To say that force may sometimes be necessary is not a call to cynicism - it is a recognition of history; the imperfections of man and the limits of reason.
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The difference between eccentricity and originality in historical studies is often difficult to detect at first encounter. When a radically new interpretation of a large segment of history makes its appearance, time is needed to sift the evidence.
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When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator.
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I was able to really see that connection as a football player where success requires a lot of hard work and effort, physically and mentally.
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I've been working on this feature script for Master Class, a play by Terrence McNally that won a lot of Tonys.
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You can understand why good publicists go on to run distribution companies: because the creativity involved is complex and nuanced.
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It's never as easy to keep your own spouse happy as it is to make someone else's spouse happy.
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The mistake that straight people made was imposing the monogamous expectation on men. Men were never expected to be monogamous.
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I just sing the songs that people don't expect you to sing, because I just love having fun at karaoke and I'm always a bit nervous to sing something serious.
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No matter what a woman looks like, if she's confident, she's sexy.
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The field of the novel is very rich. If you're a composer, you're well aware of the history of composition, and you are trying to make your music part of that history. You're not ahistorical. In the same way, I think, if you write now, you are writing in the historical context of what the novel has been and what possibilities it has revealed.
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I get homesick.
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You just have to take control of your own performance.
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I love football, I've never really taken an interest in anything else.
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If you're looking for immediate rewards, you're only looking for the money.
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There's a monster outside my room, can I have a glass of water?
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It's a blessing to have fans acknowledging your craft, period.
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It's really a misconception to identify the writer with the main character, given that the author creates all the characters in the book. In certain ways, I'm every character.
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Kitchens are so important. They're the heart of everything.
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When you make a piece, one of the interesting things is hearing what other people think about it.
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If more people follow their superpowers - and everyone has one - then we're going to be better as a society.
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History is cyclical, and it would be foolhardy to assume that the culture wars will never return.
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Academics, who work for long periods in a self-directed fashion, may be especially prone to putting things off: surveys suggest that the vast majority of college students procrastinate, and articles in the literature of procrastination often allude to the author's own problems with finishing the piece.
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I like New York because you're kind of forced to smell everybody else's funk. So it keeps you biologically attached to the world around you.
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Evil does exist in the world. A non-violent movement could not have halted Hitler's armies. Negotiations cannot convince al Qaeda's leaders to lay down their arms. To say that force may sometimes be necessary is not a call to cynicism - it is a recognition of history; the imperfections of man and the limits of reason.
