Barack Obama Quotes
No one - no one - has given more for our freedom and our security than our Gold Star families. ... They represent the very best of our country. They continue to inspire us every day, every moment. They serve as a powerful reminder of the true strength of America. We have to do everything we can for those families, and honor them, and be humbled by them.
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There are as many ways to help another human being as there are people in need of help. For some, the urgent need is as basic as food and water. For others, it is an opportunity to develop a talent, realize an idea, and reach one's full potential.
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I have lived all my life as part of an ethnic conflict.
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Of all work-schools, a good farm is probably the best for motor development.
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I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough.
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The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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When I'm not acting, I try to be normal, play golf, play hockey. It's funny because you're in this little bubble when you're working - you don't read books, you don't really keep up with the news, you're just living that life.
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San Francisco, coolest place ever.
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When people refer to 'Back in the Day,' it was a Wednesday. Just a little fun fact for you.
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Anytime I'm involved with anything that's well-received, it's a surprise to me.
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It's humbling and enthralling to know your legacy when you're alive.
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When you are talking about someone's art, it is usually so personal.
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In my experience, great reviews almost always ensure no sales.
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All of my main characters have been under 30.
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There are people who are very resourceful, at being remorseful, and who apparently feel that the best way to make friends is to do something terrible and then make amends.
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I've been doing lots of trapeze, and so much of it is holding your own weight.
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I'm never running for office. I love being able to speak to members of Congress or members of the Senate and floating on either side, because it takes all of us. It's going to take both of them.
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Some women can't say the word lesbian... even when their mouth is full of one.
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Faith is a continuum, and we each fall on that line where we may. By attempting to rigidly classify ethereal concepts like faith, we end up debating semantics to the point where we entirely miss the obvious - that is, that we are all trying to decipher life's big mysteries, and we're each following our own paths of enlightenment.
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I'm focused on the next generation, because I think it's very hard to break the habit of adults who've got salt and sugar addictions and just ways of being in this world. It's very hard even for the most enlightened people at famous universities that are very wealthy to spend the money that it takes to feed the students something delicious.
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Consciousness is the fact that we think and feel and that a world, the world shows up for us.
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Every country must be absolutely free to adopt the type of economic, political and social system that it considers convenient.
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I don't know why black skin may not cover a true heart as well as a white one.
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I feel that schools and corporates should help the government in popularising sports in the country. Blaming the government for every sporting debacle will not be fair.
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No one - no one - has given more for our freedom and our security than our Gold Star families. ... They represent the very best of our country. They continue to inspire us every day, every moment. They serve as a powerful reminder of the true strength of America. We have to do everything we can for those families, and honor them, and be humbled by them.
