Barack Obama Quotes
Now is the time for all of us to take our share of responsibility for a global response to global challenges.
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I don't like to rate myself; others can do that.
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I always loved cars. I don't know why, I can't explain it to you. It has always been with me.
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America's victory in the Cold War was not without painful social costs.
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Natural gas is a better transportation fuel than gasoline, so if that's the case, it's cheaper, it's cleaner and it's a domestic resource.
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All four majors are definitely a priority.
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I'd always put on little shows at home, but when I was 11, I did a community event in Woodford, where anyone could go. You had three days of vocal training and performed your song at the end. I sang 'I Say a Little Prayer.' It's a tough song to sing but they gave me the confidence to go for it and belt it out.
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The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society's dream, her own personal dream.
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People are wired for lots of things. We're wired for novelty. We're wired for humor. We're wired for new pieces of information that surprise us in some way or add value to our lives. We're wired for fear.
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The foundations and the intent of the Affordable Care Act are laudable. The way it's being implemented is a disaster.
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Culture is a little like dropping an Alka-Seltzer into a glass - you don't see it, but somehow it does something.
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What is our greatest enemy? Segregation.
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There are a bunch of images that are thrown in our faces all the time about what we're supposed to look like at 14, 15, 16. It's confusing. I think every woman can identify with that struggle.
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I never personally complained; everybody else complained for me.
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Every time I touch the ball, I think I'm going to go all the way. I think I'm going to score a touchdown. I'm the runner I am because I think that I'm going to go all the way every single time I touch the ball.
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Each member of the band has varied influences, and the same diversity is reflected in our fanbase.
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I certainly never saw myself as posh.
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The lamp burns bright when wick and oil are clean.
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The primary requisite for writing well about food is a good appetite. Without this, it is impossible to accumulate, within the allotted span, enough experience of eating to have anything worth setting down.
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For a long time, I've ranted against naming your startup community 'Silicon Whatever.' Instead, I believe every startup community already has a name. The Boulder startup community is called Boulder. The L.A. startup community is called L.A. The Washington D.C. startup community is called Washington D.C.
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'Do I look like someone who has something to do here on Earth?' - That's what I'd like to answer the busybodies who inquire into my activities.
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It's hot rain and humid days and broken thermostats. It's screaming and raging steam engines and wanting to take your clothes off just to feel a breeze. It's the kind of kiss that makes you realize oxygen is overrated.
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The doctrines of religion are resolved into carefulness; carefulness into vigorousness; vigorousness into guiltlessness; guiltlessness into abstemiousness; abstemiousness into cleanliness; cleanliness into godliness.
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As an actor, I was not accepted for the longest time. But it did not deter me, as the audience had accepted me. I never compared myself with any other actors. I never had any game plan and took whatever came my way.
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Now is the time for all of us to take our share of responsibility for a global response to global challenges.
