Powerful Quotes - Page 19

• The reforms we seek would bring greater competition, choice, savings and inefficiencies to our health care system.

  Barack Obama

  Choices, Competition, Reform

  "VIDEO: Obama's gaffe" by Amie Parnes, www.politico.com. July 20, 2009.

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• When our interests and values are at stake, we have a responsibility to act.

  Barack Obama

  Responsibility, Stakes, Interest

  "Obama's Speech On Libya: 'A Responsibility To Act'". Barack Obama's speech at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington, D.C., www.npr.org. March 28, 2011.

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• Through words he gave voice to the voiceless. Through deeds he gave courage to the faint of heart.

  Barack Obama

  Heart, Voice, Deeds

  Barack Obama (2009). “Barack Obama: Speeches on the Road to the White House”

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• I feel good when I'm engaged in what I think are the core issues of the society, and those core issues to me are what's happening to poor folks in this society.

  Barack Obama

  Thinking, Issues, Feel Good

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• We have a choice. We can shape our future, or let events shape it for us. And if we want to succeed, we can't fall back on the stale debates and old divides that won't move us forward.

  Barack Obama

  Moving, Fall, Choices

  Remarks From President Obama and Prime Minister Brown, www.nytimes.com. April 1, 2009.

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• I am living testimony to the moral force of non-violence. I know there's nothing weak - nothing passive - nothing naïve - in the creed and lives of Gandhi and King.

  Barack Obama

  Kings, Violence, Moral

  Nobel Prize for Peace Acceptance Speech and Lecture, delivered 10 December 2009, Oslo City Hall, Oslo, Norway

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• The journey will be difficult. The road will be long. I face this challenge with profound humility, and knowledge of my own limitations. But I also face it with limitless faith in the capacity of the American people.

  Barack Obama

  Humility, Journey, Long

  Democratic Nomination Victory Speech, delivered 3 June 2008, Saint Paul, Minnesota

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• That is the true genius of America-a faith in simple dreams, an insistence on small miracles.

  Barack Obama

  Dream, Simple, America

  2004 Democratic National Convention Keynote Address, delivered 27 July 2004, Fleet Center, Boston

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• No development strategy can be based only upon what comes out of the ground, nor can it be sustained while young people are out of work.

  Barack Obama

  People, Development, Strategy

  A New Beginning: Speech at Cairo University, delivered 4 June 2009, Cairo, Egypt

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• People in every country should be free to choose and live their faith based upon the persuasion of the mind, and the heart, and the soul. This tolerance is essential for religion to thrive.

  Barack Obama

  Country, Heart, People

  A New Beginning: Speech at Cairo University, delivered 4 June 2009, Cairo, Egypt

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• While the future is unknowable, the winds always blow in the direction of human progress.

  Barack Obama

  Blow, Wind, Progress

  Barack Obama's remarks prior to departure from Accra, Ghana, July 11, 2009.

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• Tonight, let us think back to the sense of unity that prevailed on 9/11.

  Barack Obama

  Thinking, Unity, Tonight

  Announces the Death of Osama Bin Laden, delivered 1 May 2011

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• Prosperity without freedom is just another form of poverty.

  Barack Obama

  Poverty, Prosperity, Form

  "Obama tells China US is 'here to stay'". "PM", www.abc.net.au. November 17, 2011.

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• I've been struck by how hungry we all are for a different kind of politics. So I've spent some time thinking about how I could best advance the cause of change and progress that we so desperately need.

  Barack Obama

  Thinking, Progress, Causes

  Barack Oba,a's remarks in a video posting, announcing his candidacy for President of the United States, January 16, 2007.

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• In the midst of economic recovery and global upheaval, disasters like this remind us of the common humanity that we share.

  Barack Obama

  Recovery, Common Humanity, Upheaval

  Remarks by the President on the Situation in Japan, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. March 17, 2011.

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• Throughout American history, there have been moments that call on us to meet the challenges of an uncertain world, and pay whatever price is required to secure our freedom.

  Barack Obama

  Challenges, World, Pay

  Barack Obama (2009). “Barack Obama: Speeches on the Road to the White House”

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• There are very few moments in our lives where we have the privilege to witness history taking place. This is one of those moments. This is one of those times.

  Barack Obama

  Privilege, Moments, Witness

  Barack Obama's remarks on Egypt at the White House in Washington, D.C., obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. February 11, 2011.

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• All of us - we should do everything we can to make sure this country lives up to our children's expectations.

  Barack Obama

  Country, Children, Expectations

  Speech at the 'Together We Thrive: Tucson and America' Memorial, delivered 12 January 2011, McKale Memorial Center, University of Arizona, Tucson

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• As the saints will rejoice in all goods, so will the damned grieve for all goods.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Grieving, Saint, Rejoice

  THOMAS AQUINAS (1952). “GREAT BOOKS OF THE WESTERN WORLD”

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• Like comedy, horror has an ability to provoke thought and further the conversation on real social issues in a very powerful way.

  Jordan Peele

  Real, Issues, Way

  Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com

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• Happiness is a powerful thing. It freed me to do what I always wanted to do.

  Philip Schultz

  Wanted

  Source: poems.com

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• Every artist has his or her struggle to work out in their work. The more powerful the struggle, the more persuasive the art.

  Philip Schultz

  Art, Struggle, Work Out

  Source: poems.com

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• Film gives me live actors, editing, music, sound, a huge and powerful toolbox to play with. If there is a problem for me, it is that film gives me too much. There is less room for the audience to add their side of the conversation.

  Dave McKean

  Editing, Play, Giving

  Source: theculturalgutter.com

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• Being wealthy is often a powerful predictor that people spend less time doing pleasurable things and more time doing compulsory things and feeling stressed.

  Daniel Kahneman

  People, Feelings, Stressed

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• I believe that Jesus was both priest and poet. Imagine those powerful parables! My experience as a priest tells me it's not possible to reach the hearts of the congregants without a bit of poetry and storytelling.

  Uwem Akpan

  Jesus, Believe, Heart

  Source: therumpus.net

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