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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If it were not for government regulation of big corporations, executives at companies like Enron, WorldCom, Tyco, they could have cheated investors out of millions.
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I like to cook. We always sit down together, my daughter and I, and have dinner - baked chicken breast or a piece of fish with green beans, rice or potatoes. And I love pasta.
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It's easy for people to grow up in our society believing that certain lifestyles are risk free when they certainly are not.
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You can't give up on me. If you give up, then I'm going to break into a million pieces. I'm here. I'll give you everything I've got.
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You can't make people be or do what you want. All you can do is be unapologetic about what you want and let others show up however they can.
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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.
