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 don't accept gifts from perfect strangers - but then, nobody's perfect.
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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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About no subject is there less philosophizing than about philosophy.
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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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I am all for everyone having a voice; I just don't think everyone has earned the microphone. And that's what the Internet has done.
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I like very much to put on fashion shows.
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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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If you have a reputation as a big, stiff bureaucracy, you're stuck.
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There's things that I couldn't joke about but other people could.
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Unfortunately, the business side of the game shows its head every once in a while. But I still think there's opportunity and chances that we can have good conversations as far as an extension's concerned.
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I grew up during a time of peace, and my friends weren't joining the military - it wasn't something on my radar. But if you asked me whether I could go back and do it all over again now, and it meant I wouldn't go into filmmaking, there's a part of me that would have loved to try to be a Navy SEAL.
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Haters, I'm not your enemy I'm your hero. Cheer up, you should be happy I'm here
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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.
