Barack Obama Quotes
But I believe that engagement is a more powerful force than isolation, and the changes we are making can help improve the lives of the Cuban people.
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I believe that dogma is often evil.
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My songs have a lot going on in them -they're packed with sounds. When I have only three or four minutes to capture something, I guess I can't stand the idea of any bar going unloved.
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A scientist who cannot prove what he has accomplished, has accomplished nothing.
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Anytime you have a tight race and you lose, it's not pleasant.
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Starting in business is like getting married... there is really no good time and no bad time. The time is now.
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It's not a lack of confidence, because I can't argue with the fact that I've taken some good pictures. But it's just a raw fear that you've taken the last one.
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A lot of the time when I write about the person that I love, I feel like I'm writing about New York.
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I chose films made by people I wanted to work with, about subject matter I thought was intriguing.
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I write in order to attain that feeling of tension relieved and function achieved which a cow enjoys on giving milk.
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Women have seen that they have locked themselves up with feminist writing.
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I would love to work with Reese Witherspoon.
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How could man rejoice in victory and delight in the slaughter of men?
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I love the ending of a movie where two people end up together. Preferably if there's rain and an airport or running or a confession of love.
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I played Miley Cyrus' grandma on 'Hannah Montana,' and the first time I was on, they said, 'We love having veterans like you on because she's like a little sponge, and she's really appreciative of all the veterans that are coming on the show, and we just love that you're teaching her.'
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Defeating racism, tribalism, intolerance and all forms of discrimination will liberate us all, victim and perpetrator alike.
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I have been aware all the time that my peoples, spread far and wide throughout every continent and ocean in the world, were united to support me in the task to which I have now been dedicated with such solemnity.
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I'm the only gay person my parents know.
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I formed a resolution to never write a word I did not want to write; to think only of my own tastes and ideals, without a thought of those of editors or publishers.
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We gain nothing by being with such as ourselves. We encourage one another in mediocrity. I am always longing to be with men more excellent than myself.
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The forces that are in play on climate change essentially revolve around the generation of power, the transportation of goods and services and people, and the sorts of materials that we use to fuel the whole of our civilisation.
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I think that the power of the Silent Minute lies in its inherent lack of external direction: what participants actually do during that minute - prayer, contemplation, focus - is up to them.
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My father and all my uncles on both sides served in the military in World War II and Korea.
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But I believe that engagement is a more powerful force than isolation, and the changes we are making can help improve the lives of the Cuban people.
