Barack Obama Quotes
It's important to listen to what scientists have to say, even when it's inconvenient, especially when it's inconvenient
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I'm not a psychiatrist.
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The kindest word to describe my performance in school was Sloth.
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I ain't scared to do another dating show, but I ain't really trying to. I want to do a talk show or something. I've done enough dating on television. I'm ready to spread my wings, and go down other avenues.
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When I was sixteen years old, I was sentenced to two years in prison; the Swedish government changed it, so I could go to a boarding school as part of a social programme. I was in this boarding school with some of the richest kids in Sweden.
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I didn't have traditional stage fright. If there was 500 people in the audience or three people in the audience, it didn't really make a difference. What made a difference was the conductor. Everything that I was scared about as a drummer was him.
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I hope to get out before they start football next year.
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You know, I believe that technology is the great leveler. Technology permits anybody to play. And in some ways, I think technology - it's not only a great tool for democratization, but it's a great tool for eliminating prejudice and advancing meritocracies.
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It is not surprising, then, that in the decade since Oslo began, Arafat used all the resources placed at his disposal to fan the flames of hatred against Israel.
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And, of course, in the Philippines there were so many thousands of Americans that were captured by the Japanese and held and who were rescued by Filipino Americans, or Filipinos I should say, and by U.S. troops near the close of the war.
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I was always used to being centre stage - something that had its good and bad points.
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When you're bad in the NBA, you're in the lottery. When you're great in college, you get multiple lottery picks.
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It takes people a while to trust you.
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Great men always pay deference to greater.
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Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.
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Test cricket is a different sort of cricket altogether. Some players who are good for one-day cricket may be a handicap in a Test match.
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Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.
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If you can tune into your purpose and really align with it, setting goals so that your vision is an expression of that purpose, then life flows much more easily.
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Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
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Some coaches pray for wisdom. I pray for 260-pound tackles. They'll give me plenty of wisdom.
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Everybody has fights with their sister.
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Anonymous is not an organization. It is an idea, a zeitgeist, coupled with a set of social and technical practices.
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Holy humility confounds pride and all the men of this world and all things that are in the world.
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For Web-based services, owning the .com is very important when considering search and discovery. But consider your channel. For companies playing in the mobile app space, the dot com may be less important - it's about status and searchability in the app store.
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It's important to listen to what scientists have to say, even when it's inconvenient, especially when it's inconvenient
