Barack Obama Quotes
Yes, we've still got more work to do. More work to do for every American still in need of a good job or a raise, paid leave or a decent retirement; for every child who needs a sturdier ladder out of poverty or a world-class education; for everyone who has not yet felt the progress of these past seven and a half years.
Quotes to Explore
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Age for me is just a number.
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God surrounded me with people of faith, people of strong faith, people of power, spiritual power, and I saw little miracles happen in their lives. By it happening in their lives, I started believing it could happen to me.
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We did a remake of Lost in Space. Filmed it in London for four months.
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I'm not being offered a constant stream of wonderful parts with wonderful directors that would keep me away from the theatre. When they turn up, I do them.
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If you stop being scared, that's when entropy sets in, and you may as well go home.
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I'm open to all the elements, I'm definitely ready to take anything on. But I don't want to jump too far into the deep end.
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If I am honest, my food is actually quite far removed from both the food of my mother and my father.
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Let no one weep for me, or celebrate my funeral with mourning; for I still live, as I pass to and fro through the mouths of men.
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I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best.
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I did every job under the sun from bartending to ushering to temping.
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I go to a regular school still, and I have the normal life of a regular kid.
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I don't know how to make Harper and Alloy want me, not just my name.
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I don't take pleasure in anyone's demise, really.
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The only way of knowing a person is to love them without hope.
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I was very involved with school by the time I was 15 and wasn't working much as a model.
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You have to relish the challenge of television.
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I have this really high priority on happiness and finding something to be happy about.
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Fear may very well be a caveman fear of the predator, of the giant lizard chasing them - maybe that's what Steven Spielberg connects with so well in Lost World.
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Is self-interest a bad thing? We want our leaders to be pure and good, but at the same time we want them to be effective, and to be effective you often have to be ruthless and not bound by ideology or the same morals that we pretend to hold ourselves to.
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The policy of the future cannot forever be determined by the politics of the past - or even the present.
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Let's be honest: The trade embargo with Cuba hasn't secured our interests or helped the Cuban people. Because the way to promote positive change and better human rights in Cuba is through engagement, not isolation.
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A conductor can't be too arrogant with an orchestra and try to impose himself too much.
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When women come together, we make a lot of amazing stuff happen.
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Yes, we've still got more work to do. More work to do for every American still in need of a good job or a raise, paid leave or a decent retirement; for every child who needs a sturdier ladder out of poverty or a world-class education; for everyone who has not yet felt the progress of these past seven and a half years.
