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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To think, and to feel, constitute the two grand divisions of men of genius - the men of reasoning and the men of imagination.
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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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When I'm singing I feel like I'm talking to someone. I'm in conversation when I perform - either with myself or with whomever is listening.
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We're not a fragile people. We're not a frightful people. Our power doesn't come from some self-declared savior promising that he alone can restore order as long as we do things his way. We don't look to be ruled.
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I think the Supreme Court does have the authority, which is not used, to declare a blanket right for all people, all adults.
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A nonviolent occupation is that occupation which is fundamentally free from violence and which involves no exploitation or envy of others.
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I remember how to be a person by being around them.
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I just miss - I miss being anonymous.
