Barack Obama Quotes

It is time for a new compact among the civilized peoples of this world to eradicate war at its most fundamental source: the corruption of young minds by violent ideology.

Barack Obama

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• I wish the world could better know this country for what it really is. Not just a greedy economic giant crouching fearfully behind its walls, not just a panoplied warrior nervously fingering his weapons. What is this, is a people who gather together in thousands to give a people's government its essential vitality.

  

  Ralph Bellamy
  • People
  • World
  • Country

• The way I create music is maybe like a painting, to compose in a more visual way. Basically it's the music that I want to hear- that's my inspiration and bottom line. I just try to get ideas from books, movies, paintings.

  

  Ikue Mori
  • Music
  • Ideas
  • Painting

• I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.

  

  Paloma Picasso
  • Peace
  • Proud
  • Name

• Produce great men, the rest follows.

  

  Walt Whitman
  • Great
  • Men
  • Rest

• A perfectly straight shot with a big club is a fluke.

  

  Jack Nicklaus
  • Big
  • Club
  • Straight

• Predominantly I'm an Adidas guy who walks around in sports gear all the time because there's always a ball right next to me somewhere. I do a lot of sports, but I do enjoy wearing a lot of suits.

  

  Mads Mikkelsen
  • Time
  • Guy
  • Sports

• Women have simple tastes. They get pleasure out of the conversation of children in arms and men in love.

  

  H. L. Mencken
  • Women
  • Children
  • Love

• Bureaucracy kills people's ability to try new ideas.

  

  Walter O'Brien
  • People
  • Ideas
  • Try

• In some families, parents don't read or don't have the money to spend on books.

  

  Victoria Osteen
  • Money
  • Parents
  • Books

• With any kind of mean girl, or anyone who bullies anyone, there's always a reason for it. There is that sadness in them or insecurity that makes them feel like they need to act out or hurt other people.

  

  Maiara Walsh
  • People
  • Girl
  • Hurt

• It's nice that there are movies and songs about romance - it's what motivates us as human beings. I'm all for being brainwashed by rom-coms.

  

  Zooey Deschanel
  • Nice
  • Movies
  • Being

• I am lucky enough to be married to a personal trainer. He's able to whip me into shape pretty quickly.

  

  Madchen Amick
  • Married
  • Personal
  • Shape

• I am gay, and I'm very comfortable with it.

  

  Adam Lambert
  • Gay
  • Comfortable

• The world of religion isn't a logical world; that's why children like it. It's a world of worked-out fantasies, very similar to children's stories or fairy tales.

  

  Yehuda Amichai
  • World
  • Children
  • Why

• Plot is just not my gift. I'm fascinated with complex characters, and that doesn't mix well with complex plots. And by the way, when the plot is simple, you can move one piece around and make it feel fresh. 'Hell or High Water''s a good example: I don't tell you why the brothers are robbing the bank.

  

  Taylor Sheridan
  • Good
  • Why
  • High

• I made the cover of 'Sports Illustrated,' 'Newsweek' and 'Time' all in one week, and I didn't even know what that meant.

  

  Nadia Comaneci
  • Time
  • Sports
  • Week

• When you are hoping for a call or want something different, I think you lose your edge.

  

  Dan Quinn
  • Different
  • Think
  • Want

• I was never like, 'Oh, I really want to play Cinderella.' That's not necessarily always been the dream. But it's super fun to play a princess.

  

  Laura Osnes
  • Fun
  • Dream
  • Play

• I'm still a, you know, a silly girl... a big kid.

  

  Coco Lee
  • Girl
  • Silly

• Bulgarians eat tarator every single day in summer. They think of it as salad although we'd call it a soup. You can make it as thick or thin as you like depending on how much water you add. It's very practical in summer because yogurt cools the body faster than water, but the water hydrates you.

  

  Elizabeth Kostova
  • Single
  • Water
  • Summer

• I have about two or three people, we don't have an office, we don't even have a dedicated phone line. We do it out of our own homes, and we make it work.

  

  John Zorn
  • People
  • Work

• Like, in high school, I was a good student and got straight As. It was very strict and you couldn't do well there unless you studied very hard, but every time there was any trouble, I was the first person they would be talking to.

  

  Elizabeth Wurtzel
  • Time
  • Good
  • School

• I divide my time equally between teaching and research.

  

  Susan Lim
  • Time
  • Teaching
  • Research

• It is time for a new compact among the civilized peoples of this world to eradicate war at its most fundamental source: the corruption of young minds by violent ideology.

  

  Barack Obama
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  • World
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