Barack Obama Quotes
I think that Mr. Snowden raised some legitimate concerns. How he did it was something that did not follow the procedures and practices of our intelligence community. If everybody took the approach that I make my own decisions about these issues, then it would be very hard to have an organized government or any kind of national security system.

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I'm awful with directions, and I'm not very handy around the house.
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I swear allegiance to the Republic of Sudan.
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I don't think I have a signature.
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I received my parents' permission and went into the Navy on June 3, 1941.
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There's nothing wrong with being anthropomorphic. That's how we understand the world.
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I set myself one task, which was to get Labour on to the front foot, back in the game, making the weather on the economy, and that's going to take me a year.
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When I ran in Texas, I told the people of Texas, 'if you elect me, I will lead the fight against amnesty.'
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Commitment and credibility go hand in hand.
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I really try at least to come back and answer the question as to whether that was really the best way to do that and was I really thinking straight and how did my opponents behave and how did the judges behave was needed.
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I've never read for a movie, I've always been given them.
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Fear and its accompanying emotional reactions have become part of the public mindset. Such reactions, while often legitimate, are also being exploited with increasing frequency for political ends.
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I remember as a little girl I could tell you the name of the dog next door, but I couldn't tell you the names of the kids. The dog was my best friend. I love animals. They give so much to you and demand so little.
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Religion is the possibility of the removal of every ground of confidence except confidence in God alone.
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I'm so freaking competitive it's unbelievable.
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If you don't find time to meditate and get all that negative out, and if you don't have the right people being positive around you, this is a very scary job to have if you don't learn how to control your fear.
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No Hindu community, however low, will touch cow's flesh. On the other hand, there is no community which is really an Untouchable community which has not something to do with the dead cow. Some eat her flesh, some remove the skin, some manufacture articles out of her skin and bones.
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I loved Interpol when they came out, but I never wanted to be in Interpol.
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The longer you're on a show like 'SNL,' the less frequent the Google alerts become.
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I think a superhero would be awesome to play.
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After you make good, quality music, then it's your job to go out there and promote it and to market it and to get it out there to the people.
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The ruling family in Kuwait is good at blackmail, exploitation, and destruction of their opponents. They had perpetuated a grave U.S. conspiracy against us.... stabbing Iraq in the back with a poisoned dagger.
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A good story, a story resonant and remarkable, can be remade endlessly to tell new sides of itself for new generations of readers.
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The government of the enlightened king? His achievements blanket the world but appear not to be his own doing. His transforming influence touches the ten thousand things but the people do not depend on him. With him there is no promotion or praise - he lets everything find its own enjoyment. He takes his stand on what cannot be fathomed and wanders where there is nothing at all.
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I think that Mr. Snowden raised some legitimate concerns. How he did it was something that did not follow the procedures and practices of our intelligence community. If everybody took the approach that I make my own decisions about these issues, then it would be very hard to have an organized government or any kind of national security system.