Barack Obama Quotes
I was elected because I believed in what we call "grassroots politics," politics from the bottom up, not the top down.
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I must never write when I do not want to write.
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Adding 'just kidding' doesn't make it okay to insult the Principal.
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I think you have to do certain things in the pilot to get your network's attention - to break through... So maybe you push a little further in the first show.
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There might be 1 finger on the trigger, but there will be 15 fingers on the safety catch.
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If you think that by threatening me you can get me to do what you want... well, that's where you're right. But - and I am only saying this because I care - there's a lot of decaffeinated brands on the market that are just as tasty as the real thing.
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Not everyone can be successful selling fashion at $25,000 for a wedding outfit. Certain designers are able to do that. And there is only a certain amount of consumers who can do that. The real opportunity is in that $25 garment.
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I am still shocking people today, and I don't know why. Is it because I'm a woman talking about sex and men? One magazine said that no one writes sex in the back of a Bentley better than Jackie Collins.
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When I was probably 5 or 6, my mother put me into an acting, singing, and dancing class.
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On certain, delicate subjects, bringing in outsiders to talk about values is pertinent because pupils listen to them more attentively.
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Genius is a promontory jutting out into the infinite.
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Every time a pundit or elected official is on any TV news program, it should be a polite formality to mention that GE has made such and such billions off the war in Iraq by selling arms or that Murdoch is a right-wing activist with a clear stake in who wins and who taxes his profits the least.
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The advice of the elders to young men is very apt to be as unreal as a list of the hundred best books.
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I don't watch entertainment. I haven't watched in years. I want to see serious news.
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I find often in Hollywood there are many people who play themselves really beautifully. And certain parts are not that dissimilar from who you are as a person.
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In America, people are just so straightforward when they dislike things.
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I used to live in Ethiopia as a child, and I lived there when Haile Selassie was the emperor.
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Refugees come to us seeking asylum, seeking freedom, justice and dignity - seeking a chance just to breathe. And people in our country are saying close the doors and don't let them in?
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Nothing that you do will ever feel good if you let people convince you that you have no choice.
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Children have a right to some stability and constancy from the adults in their lives.
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The nation … must sacrifice some present advantages in order to insure to itself future ones.
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The main thing about doing a comedy is that you spend most of your days really happy and laughing.
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Many scammers are only using personal checks for payment because they can take the money and run.
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And all the time - such is the tragic comedy of our situation - we continue to clamor for those very qualities we are rendering impossible. We make men without chests and expect of them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst. We castrate and bid the geldings be fruitful.
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I was elected because I believed in what we call "grassroots politics," politics from the bottom up, not the top down.
