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DAVID LINDSAY-ABAIRE I think an overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward President Barack Obam...
JIMMY CARTER I've never made choices based on money - I always trust my gut.
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J. COLE I'm so lucky to have such a great family. I respect them so much professionally, and they've...
JACK HUSTON The only two men I have time for are Barack Obama and my trainer.
SOPHIA BUSH Polls are inaccurate in my opinion, based upon anecdotal evidence, based upon people that I know.
HERMAN CAIN Barack Obama did tell me that I was one of Michelle Obama's favorite actors.
DWAYNE JOHNSON I watched the night unfold from beginning to end on my own here in my flat in Budapest where I'v...
DAVID HAREWOOD I admire Barack & Michelle Obama, they are a testament to all of us that anything is possible.
DR. A'YANNA WEBSTER Take me to the height where success would seek my help to succeed!
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ALAN SMITH I've met a handful of presidents, from Jimmy Carter to Bill Clinton to George Bush to Barack Oba...
JIMMIE JOHNSON I don't know anyone at the highest levels who approved Abu Ghraib. If President Barack Obama for...
PETER T. KING I picked up 'The Hunger Games' thinking it was written at my regressed reading level. I'...
NATE RUESS I'm not saying Obama is right on everything. Of course not. He may be wrong on a number of thing...
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JOE BIDEN Every good relationship, especially marriage, is based on respect. If it's not based on respect,...
AMY GRANT To Barack Obama, if you believe in traditional marriage, you are a homophobe. If you believe men sho...
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JAMIE WYETH The good characters in my book are loosely based on folks I know. All the bad stuff is made up.
MIKE BOVE My standards are based on shows I like, like 'Girls' or 'Arrested Development.' And ...
RACHEL BLOOM Wrong decisions are based on lack of information or misinformation. Before making a critical decisio...
MED YONES I've loved reading all my life.
JOHN WAYNE King would certainly be overjoyed by Barack Obama's inauguration, but we must avoid, and indeed ...
DAVID GARROW I know I'm never as good or bad as one single performance. I've never believed in my critics...
CHARLES BARKLEY Barack Obama's historic 2008 presidential campaign touched on all the themes I have covered thro...
GWEN IFILL When it comes to jobs, President Obama makes the Jimmy Carter years look like good old days. If we f...
PAUL RYAN Barack Obama's class warfare will not work on this Republican nominee. Not in Utah.
MIA LOVE I voted for Barack Obama.
LADAINIAN TOMLINSON We want to have that debate, we want to discuss their shortcomings, and I believe today they're wond...
ANTHONY WEINER Barack Obama makes me feel good to be a black man.
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DAVID BECKHAM Everybody has their own rules, and so do I. I have always lived on my own terms. As far as mistakes ...
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MONICA CROWLEY If I'm hesitant at all about an idea, then that's not the right idea.
M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN Sometimes my mistake has been hesitancy about acting on the decisions I've made. When's the ...
CHARLES SCHWAB I've stammered all my life, and it's fair to say that my stammer has shaped my life. It'...
GARETH GATES I'm not trying to brainwash my critics. If they're critics, they're critics, and that...
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KAREN JOY FOWLER When you have somebody like a Donald Trump - he made no bones about trying to disprove Barack Obama&...
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EDDIE VEDDER I realized that even if all the people in the world from the day of creation found this to be necess...
LEO TOLSTOY I tell people that if I'm ignoring them, chances are I may not have heard them. I depend on hear...
JOSEPH MAWLE Should Sen. McCain capture the nomination as many assume, I believe this general election will offer...
JAMES DOBSON I know Barack Obama. And I believe that as president, he'll pursue the common good by seeking co...
BOB CASEY, JR. Just like Barack Obama, my views on gay marriage have evolved, and now I am a reluctant groom.
EDMUND WHITE Later in my life, I'm going to look back and smile and be very fulfilled. I know that if I don&#...
SHANIA TWAIN I was never a fan of Barack Obama's bipartisanship routine.
THOMAS FRANK Barack Obama and I have an honest disagreement on the issue of abortion.
BOB CASEY, JR. My father assigned me to keep his scrapbooks. At first I was interested in reading only his rave not...
DOROTHY FIELDS Our concern is that decisions made that affect the safety of our troops are based on intelligence an...
KATHAY FENG Most of all, I dislike this idea nowadays that if you're a black person in America, then you mus...
WHOOPI GOLDBERG I made the right decisions, I set everything on the right course, the reforms are going in the right...
LECH WALESA In life, I take my decisions and stand by them. Some decisions may have proven to be not the best, b...
KAJOL Being the keynote speaker at the convention this year is an honor I don't take lightly. I know I...
JULIAN CASTRO I was starstruck by Michelle Obama. She's an amazing-looking lady, and I'm a massive Barack ...
NIALL HORAN This whole notion that all African-Americans are not going to vote for Obama is not necessarily true...
HERMAN CAIN The biggest lesson I've learned from my children is to look in the mirror at myself, not at them...
JAMIE LEE CURTIS That's why I made decisions; they were tough decisions but we shouldn't feel bad at all - do...
SCOTT MCCALLUM If people are looking forward to my films, then I am happy, and I must be doing something right.
ABHISHEK BACHCHAN I want to say that maybe I've made some wrong decisions, but I'm still an honorable person, ...
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GUY RITCHIE I love being on stage if I'm not on a set. If I'm at home, I'm usually in my office edit...
DANE COOK I just don't believe in love at first sight anymore, even though I've based my whole career ...
HUGH GRANT I've been very lucky to put women that I sincerely admire on the cover of 'Vogue:' the t...
ANNA WINTOUR I'm here tonight, not as a Republican, not as a Democrat, but as an optimistic American who unde...
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JOHN LEWIS I haven't even graduated from high school yet - and I've realised in the last four years, wi...
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BRETT YOUNG You have to be an extremist to believe that you're gonna be the president of the United States a...
MOS DEF Every good relationship, especially marriage, is based on respect. If it's not based on respect, not...
AMY GRANT I'm a big fan of intention. That's because I have learned first-hand the power of setting my...
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GARRETT CAMP I haven't always made the right decisions.
GEORGE STEINBRENNER We don't want Arizona to be dependent on the whims of Barack Obama and the federal government.
DOUG DUCEY I'll be damned if I apologize for the choices I've made. They were hard decisions, but I had good re...
CHRISTINE FEEHAN I've made my records and I've done all the interviews. I've done lots of long tours. I&#...
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JACKSON KATZ We've made no commitments at this point, but we've certainly considered the possibility of growing, ...
RICHARD LEVIN I think, with Obama and the progressives, you've seen a massive expansion of big government, and...
DINESH D'SOUZA I've kind of been in a video game, I've kind of been an action figure. It was actually a Bar...
LUCAS TILL People think that if you've written a book and somebody's given you a pat on the back then, ...
BARRY LOPEZ I tend to treat everyone like equals. That is my downfall, though, because Oprah is Oprah, and Barac...
CHRISSY TEIGEN Barack Obama is betting on the American worker.
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BARACK OBAMA The leaders we revere and the businesses that last are generally not the result of a narrow pursuit ...
BARACK OBAMA That's what building a body of work is all about. It's about the daily labor, the many individual ac...
BARACK OBAMA I've come to embrace the notion that I haven't done enough in my life. I've come to confirm that one...
BARACK OBAMA Find somebody to be successful for. Raise their hopes. Think of their needs.
BARACK OBAMA We can't expect to solve problems if all we do is tear each other down. You can disagree with a cert...
BARACK OBAMA We cannot meet 21st Century challenges with a 20th Century bureaucracy.
BARACK OBAMA We proved that we are still a people capable of doing big things and tackling our biggest challenges...
BARACK OBAMA I want to reform the tax code so that it's simple, fair, and asks the wealthiest households to p...
BARACK OBAMA If we choose to keep those tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires, if we choose to keep a tax ...
BARACK OBAMA In December, I agreed to extend the tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans because it was the only wa...
BARACK OBAMA Building new roads and bridges creates jobs. Growing our exports creates jobs. Reforming our outdate...
BARACK OBAMA This is the moment when we must build on the wealth that open markets have created, and share its be...
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