Barack Obama Quotes
This week I've travelled more than 15,000 miles from America to China to Burma to Australia. I have no idea what time it is right now.
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We keep, in science, getting a more and more sophisticated view of our essential ignorance.
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I have to be on such a strict diet constantly.
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I have always been a generous and enthusiastic reader.
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In Bollywood, if you work with a superstar, even if you are a newcomer, you become a superstar. That didn't happen with me.
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Sometimes I wonder where I am from. I am either way ahead or I come from another world. I don't recognise this world.
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San Francisco, coolest place ever.
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Hedge funds are not especially liquid. Many are 'gated' - meaning there are only small windows when you can withdraw your money. They typically have a high minimum investment and often require investors keep their money in the fund for at least one year.
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I think it takes 30 years to build a luxury brand.
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We ignore slow environmental changes unless they are crisis-driven, such as hurricanes in Florida.
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Some people feel that what we're doing makes no sense, that it's just a waste of money. But it's working.
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That's one of the things I miss most about Australia - the countryside.
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I might go on discussing this subject at great length, but after all is said, done, and written, my own book of experiences will best show what these obstacles are, and how I managed to overcome them to some extent.
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When you are talking about someone's art, it is usually so personal.
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
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My job as a leader is to make sure everybody in the company has great opportunities, and that they feel they're having a meaningful impact and are contributing to the good of society. As a world, we're doing a better job of that. My goal is for Google to lead, not follow that.
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Cambridge was the place for someone from the Colonies or the Dominions to go on to, and it was to the Cavendish Laboratory that one went to do physics.
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Jung viewed Freud as a mentor, but he never wanted to be anybody's disciple.
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What do I know of man's destiny? I could tell you more about radishes.
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My images were surreal simply in the sense that my vision brought out the fantastic dimension of reality. My only aim was to express reality, for there is nothing more surreal than reality itself. If reality fails to fill us with wonder, it is because we have fallen into the habit of seeing it as ordinary.
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In the years since I worked with John Hughes, there were many years where I literally had hundred of doors slammed in my face because I wasn't that kid anymore, and I wasn't a character actor, and I wasn't a leading man, and I wasn't whatever Hollywood was looking for.
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I think that show will go down in history... people will scratch their heads and say 'How did this ever get on the air?' I mean, they finally have a planet that's populated with a black race and then they present them as savage warriors, and the men want the white girl!
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When you are in business for a long time, you go through good times and bad times. When you go through bad times, you learn to control costs, satisfy customers better, satisfy employees better and become more transparent. Therefore, you build character in the company.
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Ocean is more ancient than the mountains, and freighted with the memories and the dreams of Time.
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This week I've travelled more than 15,000 miles from America to China to Burma to Australia. I have no idea what time it is right now.
