Michelle Obama Quotes

The issues a president faces are not black and white, and cannot be boiled down into 140 characters. Because when you have the nuclear codes at your fingertips and the military at your command, you can't make snap decisions. You can't have a thin skin or the tendency to lash out.

Michelle Obama

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: first
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 17, 1964

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In any business opportunity, you'd be looking, probably, primarily at the risk and return. Some business can be very risky with a low return; what you want is the lowest risk with the biggest return.

John Caudwell

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I think if you put 100% into anything and you do it with authenticity and enthusiasm, then it really shines through.

Robert Rinder

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Fish and Wildlife has a significant amount of federal funds for land acquisition, yet it is skimping on management of the lands it already possesses and shortchanging local tax bases.

Stephen Fincher

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When I was filming 'The Outsiders,' my idea of success was getting the next Martin Scorsese movie.

Rob Lowe

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Truth is, I've spent much of my life trying, unsuccessfully, to explode the myths about Texas.

Molly Ivins

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Experience shows that when political governance and economic management diverge, overall development becomes unsustainable.

Mo Ibrahim

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Defensively, I could be a lot better; my decision-making at times can be a bit poor.

Dele Alli

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If it weren't for received ideas, the publishing industry wouldn't have any ideas at all.

Donald E. Westlake

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Civic poetry is public poetry. It is political poetry. It is about the hard stuff of life: money, crime, gender, corporate excess, racial injustice. It gives expression not just to our rites but also to our problems and even our values; these poems are not about rustic vacations.

Alissa Quart

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Choose the path of dialogue rather than the path of unilateral decisions.

Pope Benedict XVI

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The women of Afghanistan, left behind as their men fought, did what the women of World War II did - used their wits and resourcefulness to preserve some semblance of civilization.

Tina Brown

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There's an entire generation of male strength and endurance athletes, even recreational lifters, who have never gotten off the ephedrine-caffeine-aspirin stack. The process of getting off stimulants is really horrible.

Tim Ferriss

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