"Obamas finest speeches do not excite. They do not inform. They dont even really inspire. They elevate. . . . He is not the Word made flesh, but the triumph of word over flesh . . . Obama is, at his best, able to call us back to our highest selves."

-- Ezra Klein

#Self Quotes #Inspire Quotes #Triumph Quotes

“His heart felt dangerously full, for the first time in years. That dried-up battered organ, suddenly flush with love. It could kill him.”

Source : Maile Meloy (2010). “Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It”, p.173, Canongate Books
“I've wanted to do things; I wanted to build things, to get something going.”
“I always say to myself, what is the most important thing we can think about at this extraordinary moment.”
“I like low-maintenance girls, but at the same time, classy. She needs to take care of herself. But also be a girl who isn't afraid to get sweaty and play basketball, so it's cool if she's a tomboy.”
“When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I'm beginning to believe it.”

Source : Quoted in Irving Stone, Clarence Darrow for the Defense (1941)
“There is no moral distinction between fur and other materials made from animals, such as leather, which also is the result of the suffering and death of sentient beings.”
“I believe conspiracy theories are part of a larger conspiracy to distract us from the real conspiracy. String theory.”
“I had two different degrees: One in International Relations/Political Science and another degree in Radio and Television Production.”

Source : "Esquire Presents Me in My Place with Hannah Simone". www.esquire.com. April 23, 2012.

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