Barack Obama Quotes
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[My kids] complained about Secret Service as they became teenagers, and Secret Service has done the very best job they could accommodating them, so it hasn't restricted any of their activities.
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An increase in light gives an increase in darkness.
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I think blogging is a muscle that most people wear out.
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NATO remains the cornerstone of Atlantic security.
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I went to bed last night dreaming of tuna melts. I love food.
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The man whose life is devoted to paperwork has lost the initiative. He is dealing with things that are brought to his notice, having ceased to notice anything for himself.
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We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than that only freedom can make security secure.
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Why would Senator Allen want to oppose saving money for the state? It's simply another example of Republicans fighting the governor tooth and nail against any measure where she might be able to turn the state's budget around.
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Temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.
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I'm always nervous when I start a new picture.
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I will always be the way I was a couple years ago before anything happened. And that's to my parents' credit, my amazing parents who have been around me my whole life and raised me right. I'm very happy with what has happened so far.
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This was the period when I used all the influence I had to get the British to abandon their export trade, and as much as possible convert all of their manufacturing facilities to the immediate needs of the war, including civilian, as well as military requirements.
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If the lyrics are something new, then maybe I want to give it a more traditional form, or the other way around, but not have all one or the other.
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Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.
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'Trolls' was a blank slate - there was no world, no mythology. We talked a lot about the Grinch and we liked how they showed his heart growing, but how do you show a photographable device like that for the Bergens? We ended up using color for a lot of that: desaturating and then pulling the saturation up.
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I'm terrified about psychic people who have their little shops. I always walk across the street and go somewhere else. Imagine if one of them came out with their face all pale and said, 'Hurry up and enjoy yourself.' No one wants to know that.
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I read nonfiction almost exclusively – both for research and also for pleasure. When I read fiction, it's almost always in the thriller genre, and it needs to rivet me in the opening few chapters.
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The art world is a very prissy little thing over in the corner, while the major cultural forces are being determined by techno science.
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I find that people in the food world are amazingly willing to talk about what they are doing, even when those things are quasi-legal or taboo.
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That's the great thing about art. Anybody can do it if you just believe. With practice, you can make great paintings.
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I can play a doctor, and I can play a thug.
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During the day, if I don't have any other commitments, I'm usually at my desk writing, revising, or researching anywhere from four to six hours.
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Defending is mostly about focus.
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For many families, gift-giving is a major source of stress - the relentless commercialism, the whining demands, the financial pressure.
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[My kids] complained about Secret Service as they became teenagers, and Secret Service has done the very best job they could accommodating them, so it hasn't restricted any of their activities.
