Barack Obama Quotes

We need not throw away 200 years of American jurisprudence while we fight terrorism. We need not choose between our most deeply held values, and keeping this nation safe.

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• The first job I ever had was at a pool-liner-manufacturing plant. Minimum wage was $4.25, and that's what I was making. It was this huge, hot, un-air-conditioned factory staffed with all women and me. This is in Georgia, during the summertime, so it was pretty ridiculous.

  

  Jack McBrayer
  • Women
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• I love myself. Anything that has my name I'm tickled to death.

  

  Barbara Corcoran
  • Death
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• When I'm on a good go, I can do 12, 13 hours of writing.

  

  Karin Slaughter
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  • I Can

• My songs have a lot going on in them -they're packed with sounds. When I have only three or four minutes to capture something, I guess I can't stand the idea of any bar going unloved.

  

  Imogen Heap
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• Experience has taught me that any kind of political grouping is oppressive. It's the blind mass that crushes the individual.

  

  Gao Xingjian
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• I think to have the skill set and the ability to physically help others in matters of life and death must be incredibly empowering.

  

  Karlie Kloss
  • Life
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• When I got back to Madison Avenue, I realized that copywriters made more than artists, so I switched.

  

  Gary Jennings
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• I don't really look forward to movie stardom or doing a $200-million movie or winning an Academy Award.

  

  Rachael Taylor
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• I do think that 'Pretty Little Liars' has raised the bar in how social media can tie into the fan base watching the show.

  

  Laura Leighton
  • Pretty
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• When you try to predict future E.R.A.'s with past E.R.A.'s, you're making a mistake.

  

  Nate Silver
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• The bottom line of Hollywood is money.

  

  Victoria Jackson
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• But as long as you're creating the art you want to create, if people start liking you, you shouldn't have to apologize. You want your stuff to be heard by as many people as possible.

  

  Nate Ruess Fun.
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• To make the child in your own image is a capital crime, for your image is not worth repeating. The child knows this and you know it. Consequently you hate each other.

  

  Karl Shapiro
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• The '$O$' phase, it was like, 'Save Our Souls': we didn't know how we were going to get out of our situation... It was our last chance just to go all out. 'Ten$ion' was another phase, to maintain the tension we had, just to pretend nothing had happened and stay in that same furious, hungry zone.

  

  Watkin Tudor Jones
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• To swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man.

  

  Quintilian
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• I don't believe any color in particular can bring good luck. I think it's just a coincidence that I was introduced in white costumes. That said, the color is very soothing. So, my house is all white.

  

  Kajal Aggarwal
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• The so-called skills gap is really a gap in education, and that affects all of us.

  

  Adam Davidson
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• Most people who end up being successful have good grades, but it's orthogonal - there's no extra information than if they put together a website and have bunch of fans who love coming and seeing what they're doing.

  

  Gabe Newell
  • People
  • Good
  • Successful

• I was listening to a lot of hip hop, music like Public Enemy that was about raising consciousness, and I realised I could feed that directly into my work, using images in a way that was a bit like sampling - taking images from diverse places, exploring the contradictions without trying to hide the seams.

  

  Chris Ofili
  • Work
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• In many professions, what used to matter most were abilities associated with the left side of the brain: linear, sequential, spreadsheet kind of faculties. Those still matter, but they're not enough. What's important now are the characteristics of the brain's right hemisphere: artistry, empathy, inventiveness, big-picture thinking.

  

  Dan Pink
  • Thinking
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• I'm pretty terrible at writing, so the way I kind of therapeutically get through things is by drawing.

  

  Zoey Deutch
  • Writing
  • Pretty
  • Kind

• I already had a lot of friends at school who didn't care about the whole acting thing, so there was no reason for me to not be in school.

  

  Asa Butterfield
  • School
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• I mix things from my Somali culture and my American side.

  

  Halima Aden
  • American
  • Culture
  • Things

• We need not throw away 200 years of American jurisprudence while we fight terrorism. We need not choose between our most deeply held values, and keeping this nation safe.

  

  Barack Obama
  • American
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