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Barack Obama

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Barack Obama is the 44th President of the United States.

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"They're real, but I haven't seen them, and they're not being kept in Area 51."
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"statistically, the universe is so vast that the odds are good there’s life out there."
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"I was trying to stick with the spirit of the speed round, but since it’s gotten attention let me clarify. Statistically, the universe is so vast that the odds are good there’s life out there."
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"Statistically, the universe is so vast that the odds are good there’s life out there."
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"They're real, but I haven't seen them, and they're not being kept in Area 51."
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"statistically, the universe is so vast that the odds are good there’s life out there."
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"They’re real, but I haven’t seen them."
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"Statistically, the universe is so vast that the odds are good there’s life out there."
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"They’re real, but I haven’t seen them."
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"They're real, but I haven't seen them, and they're not being kept in Area 51."
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"But the distances between solar systems are so great that the chances we’ve been visited by aliens is low, and I saw no evidence during my presidency that extraterrestrials have made contact with us. Really!"
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"She knew she was going to mess me up, and she did it anyway."
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"there will be no kings"
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"want to find a way to turn towards each other again, not further away"
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"His voice calls on each of us to be heralds of change, to be messengers of hope."
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"Former President Barack Obama took a swipe at President Donald Trump, without mentioning him by name."
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"a man who, when the poor and the dispossessed needed a champion and the country needed healing, stepped forward again and again and again and said: ‘send me’"
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"Each day we wake up to some new assault on our democratic institutions."
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"Jackson was a man who, when the poor and the dispossessed needed a champion and the country needed healing, stepped forward again and again."
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"Every day you wake up to things you just didn’t think were possible."
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"But this man, Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson, inspires us to take a harder path."
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"The message he sent to a 22-year-old child of a single mother with a funny name, an outsider, was that maybe there wasn't any place or any room where we didn't belong."
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"Each day we wake up to some new assault on our democratic institutions, another setback to the idea of the rule of law, an offense to common decency."
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"It may be tempting to get discouraged, to give into cynicism... (but) this man, Reverend Jesse Lewis Jackson, inspires us to take a harder path."
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""He paved the road for so many others to follow.""
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"We'll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change - all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money"
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"one of the finest directors in the history of the FBI"
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"one of the finest directors in the history of the FBI who saved countless lives after transforming the bureau."
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"he isn't"
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"By voting yes, you have the chance to do something important — not just for the Commonwealth, but for our entire country."
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"By voting yes, you can take a temporary step to level the playing field. And we're counting on you."
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"This amendment gives you the power to level the playing field in the midterms this fall."
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"This amendment gives you the power to level the playing field in the midterms this fall."
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"Free and fair elections are the cornerstone of our democracy, but right now they are under threat."
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"Free and fair elections are the cornerstone of our democracy, but right now they are under threat."
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"This amendment gives you the power to level the playing field in the midterms this fall, and voters will have the final say over what the maps look like."
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"You made the mayor feel really old."
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"Great spending time with New York City's Cutest. And thanks to @NYCMayor for giving me an excuse to break out my best 'Wheels on the Bus.'"
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"This is what we need, making an investment in these amazing kids."
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"It's important for the entire country in a video encouraging voters to get out and push back on Republicans trying to give themselves an unfair advantage in the midterms."
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"Congratulations, Virginia! Republicans are trying to tilt the midterm elections in their favor, but they haven’t done it yet. Thanks for showing us what it looks like to stand up for our democracy and fight back."
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"Using Virginia’s to vote yes on the proposed map."
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"Congratulations, Virginia! Republicans are trying to tilt the midterm elections in their favor, but they haven’t done it yet. Thanks for showing us what it looks like to stand up for our democracy and fight back."
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"It is incumbent upon all of us to reject the idea that violence has any place in our democracy."
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"Obama voices caution on AI, urges Democrats to tackle it."
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"Yesterday, we lost a cherished member of our family."
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"For thirteen years, she would be by our side – always loyal, always sweet, always ready for adventure, still fiery and gorgeous till the very end of her days."
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