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The arts are what makes life worth living. You've got food, you've got shelter, yeah. But the things that make you laugh, make you cry, make you connect - make you love are communicated through the arts. They aren't extras.

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Barack Obama
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: August 4
44Th U.S. President
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Sometimes Hillary Clinton doesn't get the credit she deserves. But the fact is, Hillary is steady, and Hillary is true.
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We, the people, still believe that every citizen deserves a basic measure of security and dignity.
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Our combat mission is ending, but our commitment to Iraq's future is not.
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I confess to wincing every so often at a poorly chosen word, a mangled sentence, an expression of emotion that seems indulgent or overly practiced. I have the urge to cut the book by fifty pages or so, possessed as I am with a keener appreciation for brevity.
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Generally speaking, people who know me will tell you that my public persona is not that different from my private persona.
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And I will do everything that I can as long as I am President of the United States to remind the American people that we are one nation under God, and we may call that God different names but we remain one nation.
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