Barack Obama Quotes
I'm not somebody who is always comfortable with language that implies I've got a monopoly on the truth, or that my faith is automatically transferable to others.
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To power the country by building 186,000 fifty-story wind turbines - and running 19,000 miles of new transmission lines - just seems impractical and preposterous compared to the idea of building a hundred new nuclear facilities primarily on the sites we already have.
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We may stumble and fall but shall rise again; it should be enough if we did not run away from the battle.
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Teaching is a very noble profession that shapes the character, caliber, and future of an individual. If the people remember me as a good teacher, that will be the biggest honour for me.
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Karaoke is something that's near and dear and very close to my heart. I was a karaoke host when I was working my way through university. I was a full-time student and karaoke was my night job.
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I think you can soften people's hearts, even if they have a lot of hate. Music can do that if it's beautiful and honest. If I can do that - soften just one person's heart - I consider myself successful already.
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I never wanted to give up my given name. I'm proud of it, but the only problem was that no one remembered it. It was just a little too awkward, and they mispronounced it so frequently.
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Spontaneity is what travel is all about.
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You've got to really be able to accept the rejection.
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I can always go back to education.
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The purpose of a business is to create customers.
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I firmly believe that unless one has tasted the bitter pill of failure, one cannot aspire enough for success.
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How can I wage political battle against a widow who does not mean anyone any harm except only the president himself?
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I would love to work on a Bond film.
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At Nike, designers both created and communicated the brand, transforming a company that made shoes into a purveyor of athletic heroism.
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The chemistry that you get from living with your band and creating music and recording with your band translates to the stage.
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If you only write when the muse strikes, you won't get anything done. You have to write consistently, when your schedule says you should. And that's hard.
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I wish black people had a flag they could put into the ground, like when the troops stormed Iwo Jima.
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I have a very vivid memory of the way my parents spoke, and the 50's that I grew up in are closer to the 20's, I think, than today in many, many ways.
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Great musicians accept everything that they hear and find something good. They take what they like and they throw away what they don't like.
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Women are the best. The toughest. The bane of my existence. And I'll forever fall for it.
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As you know, Social Security functions under the premise that today's workers will help finance benefits for retirees and that these workers will then be supported by the next generation of workers paying into the same system.
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I think there is a place where self-awareness becomes self-preoccupation if you don't take what you have discovered and bring it to bear on the conditions of the world.
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I'm not somebody who is always comfortable with language that implies I've got a monopoly on the truth, or that my faith is automatically transferable to others.
