"I am who I am. You sort..." - Quote by Barack Obama
I am who I am. You sort of get what you see with me.
More by Barack Obama
“When you take on the position of president, you are committing yourself to, first and foremost, protecting the American people. You are accepting an institutional role that requires you to make hard decisions and hard choices, and as a consequence you have to take your moral sense and not put it aside.”
“I think a lot of teachers want to talk about how to continually improve performance.”
“I never regret anything... I just lie about it or change the story.”
More on Authenticity
“No man is charming all of the time. Even Cary Grant is on record saying he wished he could be Cary Grant.”
“I've always thought of myself as an organic writer, rather than a cerebral one. I feel my way along as I go, hoping I'll get to the place I intend to reach.”
“The one thing I know, everyone respects the true person and everyone's not true with themselves. All of these people who are heroes, these guys who have been lily white and clean all their lives, if they went through what I went through, they would commit suicide. They don't have the heart that I have. I've lived places they can't defecate in.”
More on Self Identity
“I think of myself as a human being.”
“In this mob of I's inside, which one is me? Hear me out. I know I'm wandering, but don't start putting a lid on this racket. No telling what I'll do then. Every moment I'm thrown by your story. One moment it's happy, and I'm singing. One moment it's sad, and I'm weeping. It turns bitter, and I pull away. But then you spill a little grace, and just like that, I'm all light. It's not so bad, this arrangement, actually.”
“Home is wherever I go.”