Barack Obama Quotes
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A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.
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The writer may very well serve a movement of history as its mouthpiece, but he cannot of course create it.
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When I first moved to New York, I wanted to be a dancer. I danced professionally for years, living a hand-to-mouth existence. I never tapped into nightlife; all I knew was dancers. We went to bed early and got up early and went to free concerts at the Lincoln Center and Shakespeare in the Park.
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I made all my generals out of mud.
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Love should be an inspiration, not an obligation.
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My family are the epicenter of all my decisions.
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I tend to want to put my fingers over my ears and not hear all of that, not hear that there are so many fans.
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Since FDR's New Deal, corporations and wealthy families have been non-stop finding new ways to get tax breaks, deregulation and entitlements from the government.
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It's a massive consumer frustration around the world about how long they have to wait after the U.S. to see television shows and movies. In the U.S., there's the frustration of having to wait a year to watch a movie in the format that you choose.
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Poets lose half the praise they should have got, Could it be known what they discreetly blot.
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'Really,' thought I, 'we call Baltimore the 'Monumental City' for its two marble columns, and here is Edinburg with one at every street-corner!'
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Language is the most extraordinary invention in the history of humanity, the one which came before everything and which makes it possible to share everything.
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I do not deal with threats and ultimatums.
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You can't talk of the dangers of snake poisoning and not mention snakes.
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Don't pay any attention to the critics - don't even ignore them.
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Many of the best firms historically in venture capital have been multi-sector.
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You come to work and you laugh all day, you go home and you feel light and there's a certain feeling when you're sitting with the audience and they leave after 90 minutes and it's just pure escapism and they're happy.
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Poland is much more advanced than Romania in structural reforms.
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I've always loved working out. When I was little, my dad used to make me and my sister do 10 press-ups every day before we brushed our teeth in the morning. It was like a boot camp! Then I did a lot of athletics at school and was a dancer.
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I moved to Princeton, Indiana, and became a professional Farm Manager for that Princeton Farms.
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People who do really dangerous tasks can't afford to sit around and discuss the merits of what they're doing.
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There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.
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I am no longer able to be anonymous.
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I just miss - I miss being anonymous.
