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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I started growing my audience in small clubs through word-of-mouth. I started making music that isn't necessarily commercially viable, and it's not necessarily marketable to my peers to a certain extent.
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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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I didn't know there was so many people in this world that knew of me.
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I didn't do the 'Home And Away' thing.
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According to the Small Business Administration, more than 70 percent of all family businesses do not survive through the second generation, and 8 percent do not make it to a third.
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I am confident that we can overcome this crisis, provided that we remain united in our effort to address our debt and competitiveness problems. And I think that the Greek people are united; it's important also that the political forces are united in line with the will of the Greek people.
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I think it's really important for managers to be liked by his players because ultimately, on the pitch, those players will give everything for their manager.
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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
