![This is a president [Barack Obama] who came into office in 2008 with a big majority in the House and with a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate. Because of his policies and his conduct in office, seven years later, we have our largest majority in the House since 1928, and we have a majority in the Senate and we have 31 of the 60 governorships.](/assets/img/quote-photos/this-is-a-president-barack-obama-who-came-into-office-in-2008-with-a-big-majori.jpg)
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years important genius
The gut-feel of the 55-year old trader is more important than the mathematical elegance of the 25-year old genius. Alan Greenspan
years bunch enthusiastic
'Catch-22' was a huge failure, and it rubbed off on everybody connected to it. I had a bunch of lean years where I had to do things, a lot of which I wasn't wildly enthusiastic about. Alan Arkin
years judging acting
For many years my acting came from a place of surmounting some enormous obstacle, confronting some stern and faceless judge who would condemn me to a pit of hell if I didn't achieve the "zone," if even for a moment. Not a particularly happy place to work from.
years details levels
It's a lot harder to find fault with the mundane details of daily existence when you really, really know on a cellular level that you're going to go, and that this moment, right now, is life. Life isn't what happens to you in 20 years. This moment, right now, is your life. Alan Ball
years gigs stills
I was just thrilled to get the gig to begin with. Ten years later to still have it is not only thrilling but also somewhat of a puzzlement. Al Roker
years talking way
The problem with me is, I guess, the way I express myself, you have to be with me 50 years before you can get a sense of what I'm talking about. Al Pacino
years medicine radio
I probably worked every single entertainment medium, including some that don't exist. I worked the circus, carnival, I had my own medicine show, I worked 18 years of radio. Al Lewis
office president half
Anyone willing to do what is required to become president of the United States is thereby barred from taking that office. I'm only half joking
office done casting
Wolves and bears, they say, casting their savagery aside, have done like offices of pity. William Shakespeare
offices responsibility terms wives
There are wives who are very involved with their husbands' offices and really take their responsibility seriously in terms of issues and things like that. I was never very comfortable with being part of that. Niki Tsongas
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You cannot bribe a Chilean police officer - I know this firsthand.
office locks use
Open offices keep everyone in tune with what is going on and keep the energy up. If an employee is about privacy, show him or her how to use the lock on the bathroom. Mark Cuban
office politician ministers
Mr Brown is a politician of exceptional experience and ability, and I am sure he will discharge the office of Prime Minister with distinction Bertie Ahern
office campaigns minorities
The reason that minorities and women dont have a better shot at getting elected to the Senate or to statewide office is because the campaign finance rules are so skewed as to make it very difficult for non-traditional candidates to raise the money necessary to get elected. Carol Moseley Braun
office fiction novelists
It is not the office of a novelist to show us how to behave ourselves; it is not the business of fiction to teach us anything. Agnes Repplier
office people personality
It seems only reasonable that the people have a right to know virtually everything about the personality they are buying each time they put their money through the box office Alan Ladd
house soul one-day
One day in Johannesburg, and already the tribe was being rebuilt, the house and soul being restored. Alan Paton
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If you could build a house on a trampoline, that would suit me fine. Alan Rickman
house want pins
If Jews want to get it on, tell them to pin their yarmulkes back and come over to my house. Al Sharpton
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It is our obligation to stop Hillary Clinton now and never let her get within 10 miles of the White House again. Chris Christie
house sitting window
That her relationship with him was like being content in a house but always sitting by the window and looking out Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
house sides paint
What I wanted to do was to paint sunlight on the side of a house. Edward Hopper
house elation sunlight
There is a sort of elation about sunlight on the upper part of a house.
house inns masters
Bad roads and indifferent inns, ... the continual converse one is obliged to have with the vilest part of mankind - innkeepers, post-masters, and custom house officers. Edward Gibbon
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I was brought up in a house full of women; the first time I realised no one was interrupting me was when I was on stage - that's probably the subconscious reason I became an actor. Eddie Marsan