Barack Obama Quotes
When ordinary people have a say in their own future, then your land can’t just be taken away from you.
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I could not tell you the date of my mother's death. I could not tell you the date of my dad's death. These are not dates that I find significant.
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I have many different sides; I can be the life and soul of the party - or a wallflower.
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For me, it's actually really hard to write about my real experience. Like to do a Taylor Swift. You know what I mean? It's so brave to actually write about things that happened and things you wanna get off your chest, but I'm not really there yet.
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We hope the stories of the 14 kids in 'American High' provide something for many people to relate to.
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I never been a hater of these other cats, who never really had nothing, being successful. That's not my problem.
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There is a role and function for beauty in our time.
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Any time you have an injury, it's going to be tough.
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The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray.
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Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.
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Animal vision - including human vision - is so biased toward movement that we don't technically see stationary objects at all.
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Of course, I grew up hearing Latin music but, to be honest, aside from my personal circumstances, like most kids I wanted to rebel against what I considered to be such old fashioned fare.
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I can see myself always writing songs - but I'm not sure if I'll always want to perform.
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A cap on carbon is important because it sets a specific goal for reducing carbon emissions 80% by 2050.
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Any kind of restrictions put on free speech would have worse consequences than bullying.
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You remember Donnie Brasco? It's the most notorious undercover movie ever; it's so street and so real. If you ever imagined yourself doing cop work, you imagined yourself getting pushed to that limit - seeing the furthest you can push yourself while still upholding the law.
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Police can only act on intelligence.
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We tried to make a movie that had sex and violence because we like sex and violence.
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Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated.
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What a wonderful sleep it had been! Never had sleep so refreshed him, so renewed him, so rejuvenated him! Perhaps he had really died, perhaps he had been drowned and was reborn in another form. No, he recognized himself, he recognized his hands and feet, the place where he lay and the Self in his breast, Siddhartha, self-willed, individualistic. But this Siddhartha was somewhat changed, renewed. He had slept wonderfully. He was remarkably awake, happy and curious.
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In the epic war over Silicon Valley's intellectual property, Bill Gates was on the side of licensing copyright and robust protections for intellectual property. He wasn't on the side of the hackers, and he didn't want information to be free.
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I think that black people, to a degree, need to have a certain level of dexterity. If we want to be at the highest level of whatever our field is, we have to be able to navigate both worlds. We all just know that you gotta be able to put that suit on and have a conversation with people that don't look like you or your family.
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I am surprised people took so long to pick up on the fact that my contract expires at the end of this year. Eddie has to decide who he wants to drive, so there is no secret anywhere. I am not concerned. It does not sit with my objectives to be competitive.
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What people can survive and what they don't survive is shocking to me. Someone can go to Iraq and be blown to bits and survive. Someone can trip and fall on the street and they die – that's that.
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When ordinary people have a say in their own future, then your land can’t just be taken away from you.
