Barack Obama Quotes

There is no shame in confusion or fear. "There was only shame in the silence fear had produced. . . . It was the silence that betrayed us."

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The will is commendable though the ability may be wanting.
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I propose a Constitutional Amendment providing that, if any public official, elected or appointed, at any level of government, is caught lying to any member of the public for any reason, the punishment shall be death by public hanging.
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The impact of any particular writer on your own work is hard to discern.
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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I don't start writing a script until I can see it all in my head, then it's a matter of getting it down in white heat.
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Like a child star whose fame fades as the years advance, many once-innovative companies become less so as they mature.
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Composers most identified with the chamber music form are Corelli, Vivaldi, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and, of course, Bach. Of course, Bach. If there is any one composer who gives us reason and emotion, it is Bach.
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Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil.
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Because with Black Label and all the fans it's just one big family.
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I do constantly get to change the way I look, which is sort of an old-school idea of acting.
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Playing evil is just not interesting. I don't think anyone who does evil stuff thinks they're doing evil stuff. That's the scary part.
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I believe in helping young people rock causes they care about because I was one of those young people... a long time ago.
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If I decide to make a coat red in the show, it's not just red, I think: is it communist red? Is it cherry cordial? Is it ruby red? Or is it apple red? Or the big red balloon red?
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I'm like all parents who try to shelter their children.
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The reason that last-ditch political maneuvering has become business as usual in Washington is that the actors involved are drunk on blame and are convinced that the voting public is, too. They count on outrage, thereby spreading numbness. They cherish the prospect of partisan fury, thereby inspiring nonpartisan disgust.
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What surprises me, what amazes me, is that it seems the military people were expecting to stumble on large quantities of gas, chemical weapons and biological weapons.
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Again and again I will suffer; again and again I will get back on my feet. I will not be defeated.
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Sometimes the characters I find the most compelling are in independent movies. With independent scripts people can take more challenges.
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Trust that your message is a unique one that people need to hear.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it.
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Failure is so important. We speak about success all the time. It is the ability to resist failure or use failure that often leads to greater success. I've met people who don't want to try for fear of failing.
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There is no shame in confusion or fear. "There was only shame in the silence fear had produced. . . . It was the silence that betrayed us."