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I hope you don’t listen to this. I hope you choose to broaden, and not contract, your ambit of concern.

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Barack Obama
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: August 4
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There are legitimate concerns and anxieties that the forces of globalisation are leaving too many people behind - and we have to take those concerns seriously and address them. But the answer isn't to turn inward and embrace protectionism. We can't just walk away from trade.
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I think that when it comes to Social Security, all of us want to make sure that our senior citizens can retire with dignity and respect. And everybody has to be open-minded in thinking how do we firm up a system that, in fact, is going to be in difficulty in the coming years.
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I believe marriage is between a man and a woman. I am not in favor of gay marriage.
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Turns out I'm really good at killing people. Didn't know that was gonna be a strong suit of mine.
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Keeping the people's government open is not a concession to me. Keeping vital service running and hundreds of thousands of Americans on the job is not something you 'give' to the other side.
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On behalf of the American people, just let me say that we are proud to count Greece as one of our closest allies and one of our greatest friends.
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What matters is how well we have loved, and what small part we have played in making the lives around us better.
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For the United States of America, the best is yet to come.
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I will begin to remove our troops from Iraq immediately.
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When your team loses, everybody gets deflated. And it's hard, and it's challenging.
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Nobody wants to put the creditworthiness of the United States in jeopardy. Nobody wants to see the United States default. So we've got to seize this moment, and we have to seize it soon.
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I am somebody who usually writes out the rough draft in longhand. Then I type it into the computer, and that is where I do my editing. I find that if I write it on the computer, I go too quick. So I like getting that first draft out and then typing it in you are less self-conscious about it.
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With respect to Russia, my principal approach to Russia has been constant since I first came into office. Russia is an important country. It is a military superpower. It has influence in the region and it has influence around the world.
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I think it's useful to keep in mind I've been now President for over seven years and gun sales don't seem to have suffered during that time.
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The people there, the community, the lessons that I learned -- they're all based right in this few square miles where we'll now be able to give something back and bring the world back home after this incredible journey.
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My hope is that we can get a Republican-Democratic agreement on how we strengthen Social Security as well as looking at some of these other major expenditures that we have that we've got to deal with to make sure that we're not just leaving you guys with a mountain of debt.
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For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness.
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The only reason I send a single young man or woman in uniform anywhere in the world is because I think it's necessary to keep us safe.
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