"Obama is a very good actor. He knows how to play it. And he is very adept at creating this ''Obama'' - this character who is there whenever the world needs something."

-- Jon Voight

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“You really do think about it institutionally; this is your job, and to some extent you benefit from having a job to do at a moment like this. You have things that you have to make happen. And you don't have time for the emotional reaction that might otherwise occur if somebody was just sitting there watching these events unfold and had no responsibilities.”
“There are two kinds of music. Good music, and the other kind.”
“I have asked some of the great white chiefs where they get their authority to say to the Indian that he shall stay in one place, while he sees white men going where they please. They cannot tell me.”

Source : North American Review, Apr. 1879
“The best translators slip into the glove of a text and then turn it inside out into another language, and the whole thing comes out looking like a brand-new glove again. I'm completely in awe of this skill, since I happen to be both bilingual and a writer, but nevertheless a lousy translator.”
“It was very clear to me I wanted to be an actor when I got out into civilian life.”
“I've always been a goal scorer. Playing both ways is something I wanted to do coming into the league.”
“America can enjoy a vital, fully functioning government, with all the benefits provided by Texas, while reducing Texas at the same time.”

Source : "On Texas" by Ian Frazier, www.newyorker.com. March 24, 2014.
“But in the end one needs more courage to live than to kill himself.”

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