Barack Obama Quotes

Nobody wants to put the creditworthiness of the United States in jeopardy. Nobody wants to see the United States default. So we've got to seize this moment, and we have to seize it soon.

Barack Obama

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That dichotomy between the public consumption of the work and my intent and practice in making it is an uneasy one for me, on occasion.

Jock Sturges

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We started Airbnb because, like many across the U.S. and in New York, we were struggling to pay our rent and decided to open up our living room to fellow artists coming to town for a design conference. Sharing our apartment allowed us to stay in our home and start our company.

Joe Gebbia

HomeNew YorkStartDesignLiving

Even if it's not always the best markup, what are Facebook and Twitter? They're web standards with some scripts. They may not validate, but they're still CSS layouts and simple markup, and that's great!

Jeffrey Zeldman

GreatBestSimpleAlwaysStandards

Congregations shaped by the Scriptures generally have preachers who are shaped by the Scriptures.

John Ortberg

WhoPreachersShapedScriptures

I love actors, and I love projects that give them space and room, and I aim for these projects where the characters are that important.

Jean-Marc Vallee

LoveSpaceImportantAimRoomGive

I believe the first test of a truly great man is in his humility.

John Ruskin

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'The War' is a stunning achievement in filmmaking.

Sonny Mehta

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My best album is called In Search Of A Song. That was my best shot right there. My finest hour, as they say. I could listen to the whole thing all the way through. There's nothing really crammed into it.

Tom T. Hall

BestSongSearchSayNothingWay

My worry is how to protect the Filipino.

Rodrigo Duterte

WorryProtectFilipinoHow

We were the first people who did investigative stuff, who asked occasionally abrasive, occasionally confrontational questions.

Mike Wallace

PeopleQuestionsFirstWhoStuff

There's a big difference, as I'm sure you know, it's a slightly manneristic one, between people of the '60s and people of '68. Being a soixante-huitard - it's so nice to have a French word for it - is very different from just having happened to been a baby boomer in the '60s.

Christopher Hitchens

PeopleBabyYouKnowNiceBig

When you are thrown onto the stage at 17 in such an enormous way, it becomes living on the edge because every step you take, every word you speak, every action you do becomes headline news. And it became, for me, life or death.

Boris Becker

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