"I can say with confidence that I..." - Quote by Barack Obama
I can say with confidence that I never bought into the hype, and I made sure that the people around me didn't buy into the hype, and I did not surround myself with people who fed me the hype. And I'm glad of that as well.
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“We can lead this world and make it safer and more secure for our children and our grandchildren, for generations to come.”
“I think I'm the best president I've ever been right now. And I think the team that is operating right now functions as well as any team that I've had. And so, you know, there is a part of you that thinks, "Man, we're pretty good at this stuff right now." And you hate to see that talent disperse.”
“The friendship that we established early on in our marriage ... that carries you through tough times. That and a good sense of humor.”
More on Authenticity
“Thus inevitably does the universe wear our color, and every object fall successively into the subject itself. The subject exists, the subject enlarges; all things sooner or later fall into place. As I am, so I see; use what language we will, we can never say anything but what we are.”
“Some men succeed by what they know; some by what they do; and a few by what they are.”
“We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves.”