Barack Obama Quotes
Freedom is not an accident. Progress is not an accident. Democracy is not an accident. These are things that have to be fought for. You’re part of that legacy. They must be won. And they’ve got to be tended to constantly and defended without fail.
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Acting was something I always wanted to try. I just didn't know how, or I didn't know when the door was gonna be open for me to try it. But it finally opened up for me when I did 'Turn It Up', and ever since then I've been in love with doing films.
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I didn't want to leave Newcastle, but that's football.
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Seriously, 'Honey Boo Boo' is the decay of Western civilization. Just because so many people watch the show doesn't mean it's good.
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The modern economy is becoming a place where women hold the cards.
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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 wish I'd gone to music school or just started playing in bands sooner.
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Imagination rules the world.
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I read people; that's one of my strengths. It's not that I can't be fooled, but I'm not fooled often.
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I know that, as a comedian, I've made great strides because I've worked as hard as a person can work at being at least wildly amusing.
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I wore U.S.A. across my chest in 1976.
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My mother's nickname for me is 'Positive Patrick.' I like to live up to that title.
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I know I'm profane. And outspoken.
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Countries with higher levels of gender equality have higher economic growth. Companies with more women on their boards have higher returns. Peace agreements that include women are more successful. Parliaments with more women take up a wider range of issues - including health, education, anti-discrimination, and child support.
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The spectacle of a great, solvent government paying a fictitious price for gold it did not want and did not need and doing it on purpose to debase the value of its own paper currency was one to astonish the world.
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Children like being a little scared, but they don't want to be disturbed.
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The verdict of the world is conclusive.
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I'm not even kind of a lesbian.
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Two half philosophers will probably never a whole metaphysician make.
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Facebook is made up of people you've met, but not necessarily who are similar to you. I have 850 'friends,' and a lot are acquaintances, not friends. I don't really know them. If I've met someone one time, how should they be influencing my feed?
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See the minutes, how they run, How many make the hour full complete; How many hours bring about the day; How many days will finish up the year; How many years a mortal man may live.
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I am not interested in the afterlife. Religion is supposed to be about losing your ego, not preserving it eternally in optimum conditions.
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Then I received support from the Government to compete for my country, and to represent Cuba in competition.
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Americans deserve both clean air and clean water and never one at the expense of the other.
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Freedom is not an accident. Progress is not an accident. Democracy is not an accident. These are things that have to be fought for. You’re part of that legacy. They must be won. And they’ve got to be tended to constantly and defended without fail.
