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To avoid being mistaken for a sellout, I chose my friends carefull

To avoid being mistaken for a sellout, I chose my friends carefully. The more politically active black students. The foreign students. The Chicanos. The Marxist professors and structural feminists and punk-rock performance poets. – Barack Obama

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I opposed the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996. It should be repealed and I will vote for its repeal on the Senate floor. I will also oppose any proposal to amend the U.S. Constitution to ban gays and lesbians from marrying. – Barack Obama

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Marriage
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Weve protected thousands of people in Libya we have not seen a single U.S. casualty theres no risks of additional escalation. This operation is limited in time and in scope. – Barack Obama

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Time
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Where the stakes are the highest, in the war on terror, we cannot possibly succeed without extraordinary international cooperation. Effective international police actions require the highest degree of intelligence sharing, planning and collaborative enforcement. – Barack Obama

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No matter what message you are about to deliver somewhere, whether it is holding out a hand of friendship, or making clear that you disapprove of something, is the fact that the person sitting across the table is a human being, so the goal is to always establish common ground. – Madeleine Albright

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Friendship

The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover. – Joseph Addison

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I think in friendship, you want to be there for your friend, and sometimes you just dont know what to do or the relationship you have with them is not clear enough for you to know what to do. – Marion Cotillard

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The friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you. – Elbert Hubbard, The Notebook, 1927

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Spontaneity is good. Routine is good. Conflicting goodness? No. Balance is life. – Terri Guillemets

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You live with your thoughts — so be careful what they are. – Eva Arrington

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From coast to coast, the FBI and Securities and Exchange Commission have ensnared people not only at hedge funds, but at technology and pharmaceutical companies, consulting and law firms, government agencies, and even a major stock exchange. – Preet Bharara

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When I began writing that I was able and did travel and met some fascinating people and also uncovered some history, which has not been discovered before. – Arthur Hailey

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