Quote by Barack Obama
So while I will never minimize the costs involved in military acti

So while I will never minimize the costs involved in military action, I am convinced that a failure to act in Libya would have carried a far greater price for America. – Barack Obama

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Let me be absolutely clear. Israel is a strong friend of Israels. It will be a strong friend of Israels under a McCain administration. It will be a strong friend of Israels under an Obama administration. So that policy is not going to change. – Barack Obama

Category:
Change
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Part of the reason that our politics seems so tough right now and facts and science and argument does not seem to be winning the day all the time is because were hardwired not to always think clearly when were scared. And the countrys scared. – Barack Obama

Category:
Politics
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We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of time trying to be excellent. – Barack Obama

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Time
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Failure
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Ive had great success and Ive had catastrophic failure. Its really how you handle the rough stuff that defines you, I think. – Peter Berg

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Failure

Dont be afraid of missing opportunities. Behind every failure is an opportunity somebody wishes they had missed. – Lily Tomlin

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Failure

You have to look at the history of the Middle East in particular. It has been one of failure and frustration, of feudalism and tribalism. – Alexander Haig

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Failure

One of the reasons people stop learning is that they become less and less willing to risk failure. – John W. Gardner

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Failure

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Faith is a living, daring confidence in Gods grace, so sure and certain that a man could stake his life on it a thousand times. – Martin Luther

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I was supposed to have a relationship with Judy, but that never happened. Actors in series didnt have the control that they have today over their jobs. – Mark Goddard

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Im in that comfortable niche where Im not that famous and sometimes people do need to put a barrier between them and their followers. When youre real famous you need to do that but Im not that famous so I dont need that kind of barrier. – Tony Levin

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All poets adore explosions, thunderstorms, tornadoes, conflagrations, ruins, scenes of spectacular carnage. The poetic imagination is therefore not at all a desirable quality in a chief of state. – W. H. Auden

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