Barack Obama Quotes
In 2010 there were a lot of folks who were still out of work. There were a lot of folks who had lost their homes or saw their home values plummet, their 401k's plummet.
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I've always - honestly - never thought of myself as an independent director.
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I know I'm in the exceptional position of having money, but I didn't have it for many decades. I'm always trying to get shows put on for 25 per cent less production costs.
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We want to allow Costa Ricans to make a qualitative leap in our development and go to an economy based on innovation and developing a broadband infrastructure in order to overcome the barrier of 15 per cent penetration.
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I'm constantly complimented for my voice, even by random people at the airport!
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There is no force so democratic as the force of an ideal.
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Acting doesn't have to be threadbare misery all the time.
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I didn't want to be an author; I wanted to be a scientist. Not that I didn't love literature, but I couldn't distinguish it from reading, and reading was already my default activity, almost like breathing.
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Most of those coming from the mainland are very destitute, almost naked. I am trying to find places for those able to work, and provide for them as best I can, so as to lighten the burden on the Government as much as possible, while at the same time they learn to respect themselves by earning their own living.
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You can cage the singer but not the song.
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The best V-Day gift I've ever received was a personalized photo collage.
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Who can map out the various forces at play in one soul? Man is a great depth, O Lord. The hairs of his head are easier by far to count than his feeling, the movements of his heart.
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I've always thought that we are what we remember, and the less we remember, the less we are.
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Jadakiss is not no walk in no park. Nas is not no walk in no park. These are dudes that could have ended my career.
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What I do is I do my job.
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I got picked for very unique and independent filmmaking experiences with auteurs. And I'm so lucky.
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I'm one of the ones who believed the Iraq War was a complete mistake from the very beginning.
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Authenticity is very important - be true to one's self.
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I am much more understanding of people than I used to be when I was young - people were either villainous or wonderful. They were painted in very bright colours. The bad side of it - and there is a corollary to everything - is that when we get older, we fuss more. I used to despise people who fussed.
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You have to love Dr. Seuss to take on the responsibility of conveying his work in animation or any medium.
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We can all get complacent. Especially when it comes to a job.
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You try to get the most out of the talent. Make 'em work and let 'em play.
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We would work up a tune that would make me learn a drum pattern I hadn't played before. In the early stages, the pattern wouldn't just fall into place, and I would start thinking about it. And the more I thought about it, the worse it would get.
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If some thug breaks into my home I can use my roundhouse kick, but I prefer he look down the barrel of my gun.
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In 2010 there were a lot of folks who were still out of work. There were a lot of folks who had lost their homes or saw their home values plummet, their 401k's plummet.
