President Obama called for a 'we' nation in his Inauguration Address. Art convenes. It is not just inspirational. It is aspirational. It pricks the walls of our compartmentalized minds, opens our hearts and makes us brave. And that's what we need most in our country today.
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Related I learned that the problems that we have are not solved by blaming somebody else, and that our hope ... KIRK CAMERON With '10,000,' our aim was to make a film that was entertaining and a roller-coaster ride; i... STEVEN STRAIT It is what it is, it is what you make it. JAMES DURBIN To stand on the brink of what is coming, feeling eager, optimistic anticipation—with no feeli... ASK AND IT IS GIVEN President Obama stands ready to work with everyone, because that's what the American people expe... VALERIE JARRETT We need to reject any politics that targets people because of race or religion. This isn't a mat... BARACK OBAMA 35. God is entitled to a portion of our income—not because He needs it but because we need to give... JAMES C. DOBSON And that's really what's happening in this country is a violation of the First Commandment. ... SHARRON ANGLE This debt crisis coming to our country. The wall and tidal wave of debt that is befalling our nation... PAUL RYAN Since his inauguration in 2009, President Obama has upheld FDR's vision of America as a nation t... NIGEL HAMILTON Brand is not a product, that's for sure; it's not one item. It's an idea, it's a the... KEVIN PLANK Music is critical in our lives and culture. It's the inspiration that drives us. It's also t... BILL WALTON I regret that I wasn't more successful with my marriages, but it is what it is. TED TURNER President Obama's policies have been categorical failures for our country. TIM GRIFFIN Anna Deavere Smith's new one-woman show bills itself as being about health care, but the truth i... TERRY TEACHOUT There's a real question at stake now. Is President Obama creating a civil war in our own country... JON VOIGHT It is a lie. ARTHUR MILLER Our economics are not baseball's economics. Our game is not baseball's game. Our owners are ... GARY BETTMAN I'm probably the least harsh on myself, and I try not to scrutinize everything about my body. As... KOURTNEY KARDASHIAN Let's head out to the ruins." - Dan Cahill ROLAND SMITH This is not about Republican or Democrat. It is about our children, it's about our families, it ... JOHN KASICH The challenge is not to replace Obama but with who. It's not enough to just change up the unifor... SARAH PALIN I think what makes us human - is our interconnectedness among people. It's our ability to form a... THOMAS JANE You know, I don't think my music is important, I don't think it's changing the world, I ... SUFJAN STEVENS Part of what makes America strong is our resilience, tenacity, innovation and our willingness to be ... VALERIE JARRETT America is a country that prides itself on being able to identify a 'straight shooter' or ... ADAM MCKAY 'Crazy-busy' is a great armor, it's a great way for numbing. What a lot of us do is that... BRENE BROWN I do think we've become so reliant that the phones are never out of our reach. We're always ... CARLY POPE At the end of day, what matters most to God, what moves His heart, isn't our fancy words and imp... VICTORIA OSTEEN In America... it's not divided, but with Trump now, it's like you are asking for trouble. We... MO FARAH What love is it, then, that has no need of words to call us? In whose image are we made, to take suc... CHRISTIAN BOBIN Here in Cameroon, football is our leading political party. It's football alone that that unites ... ROGER MILLA We can't equate spending on veterans with spending on defense. Our strength is not just in the s... JENNIFER GRANHOLM The statement that I made and that I think I will continue to make is that racism and bigotry isn... OCTAVIA SPENCER Humanity's legacy of stories and storytelling is the most precious we have. All wisdom is in our... DORIS LESSING We have the most crude accounting tools. It's tragic because our accounts and our national arith... SUSAN GEORGE Reagan was all about America, and you talked about it. Obama is, 'We are above that now. We'... CHRIS MATTHEWS I take office during the most difficult moment in the country's recent history. The country can ... LUCAS PAPADEMOS I take President Obama at his word that he is a Christian and was born here in America. Now, it'... TIM WALBERG Unpredictability means what it means. I don't know how you define it. It is what it is. MICHAEL KEATON Our most fundamental social need, it turns out, to my amazement, is love. Now, I'm not a hippie-... DAVID SUZUKI When every high school graduate can spell the word, 'inauguration,' let's put lampshades... PAULA POUNDSTONE President Obama has expressed his commitment to responsible stewardship of our land, water, and othe... TOM VILSACK I've started a company, called Tall Girl Productions, and we've got our first project that i... MELISSA ROSENBERG We are a strong, robust, and prosperous nation. Optimism is the essence of our success. It drives ou... BILL FRIST Our nation's blood supply is safer than it's ever been, and it's getting safer as we spe... DAVID SATCHER President Obama instituted the most anti-growth, anti-investment, anti-jobs measures that we have se... MITT ROMNEY We need to address our Nation's mounting garbage problem by generating less garbage, particularl... WENDELL H. FORD Where we are as a nation is due to having an openness to the people of the world. It's incredibl... BOB IGER And those of us who have business opportunities and the capital to do it are going to sit in fear of... STEVE WYNN President Obama has not only failed to uphold several of our nation's laws, he has vowed to cont... RON DESANTIS Entrepreneurship is the very back bone of our country and what makes us great - we are a nation of f... NANCY LUBLIN What people don't understand is this is something that we only have in America. There is no othe... NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF Frankly, one of the problems we have in the country is we're not forming enough families. And th... SAM BROWNBACK The greatest natural resource our country has is not oil. It's not gas. It's not coal. It... CORY BOOKER Our strength is not just in the size of our defense budget, but in the size of our hearts, in the si... JENNIFER GRANHOLM It's in our nature. We need to explore and find out what's going on outside of who we are. BILLY DEE WILLIAMS Diversity is America's most valuable resource. It is what makes us the most innovative nation on... NICK HANAUER An actual understanding of our economy is that our economy most depends on our rate of innovation...... CHRIS GABRIELI No person, no place, and no thing has any power over us, for 'we' are the only thinkers in o... LOUISE L. HAY The American flag is an enduring symbol of liberty, democracy, and justice. It is fitting that the H... JOE BARTON President Obama's policies have been categorical failures for our country. Unemployment is over ... TIMOTHY GRIFFIN Spiritually, we have marginalized the Bible. We've trivialized marriage, and we've neutraliz... DAVID JEREMIAH You see, Africa makes a fool of our idea of justice. It makes a farce of our idea of equality. It mo... BONO He was very proud to serve for his country and to help the people of Iraq. [It is] very strong in ou... CINDY SHEEHAN We need to recognize our agreements and disagreements with whomever is chosen as president, but we c... MATT MEAD I believe 3D is inevitable because it's about aligning our entertainment systems to our sensory ... JAMES CAMERON We're all just bags of bones and muscle and hormones; I'll never understand what makes our m... MESHELL NDEGEOCELLO In the end, we know what makes us happy. We also know what makes us unhappy. That's the irony. W... HARLAN COBEN Television is much better crafted today then in the 70s. The content is less positive but I'm on... CHRISTOPHER KNIGHT It is what it is, and it ain't nothin' else... Everything is clearly, openly, plainly delive... DAN FLAVIN Captain America is an interesting character because it makes you ask those questions in yourself as ... MARK WAID For many of us, it's just one thing standing in our way of completely following Jesus. CRAIG GROESCHEL The True Self is not our creation, but God's. It is the self we are in our depths. It is our cap... SUE MONK KIDD We lost our minds in the '80s and '90s; we really as a society just felt that everyone could... ADAM MCKAY It's not our job to choose the best Sunday school teacher, like Jimmy Carter was. It's our j... JERRY FALWELL, JR. I'm still a firm believer that we were definitely put here to use our minds, and that is what ma... CALEB CARR President Obama and our all-of-the-above energy strategy is the real deal. We are proud of the fact ... KEN SALAZAR On foreign policy, President Obama has kept our nation safe from terrorism and restored our standing... CHUCK SCHUMER Offendedness is just about the last shared moral currency in our country. And, I'm sorry, but it... KEVIN DEYOUNG I think that half of us feel fraudulent in our lives anyway. There's that strange disconnect of ... CARRIE BROWNSTEIN The best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more, that plants a fire in o... NICHOLAS SPARKS The best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more, that plants a fire in o... NOAH-THE NOTEBOOK All of us, regardless of how we identify, need a community in which to grow our faith. We require th... JAMES LECESNE President Obama has made it his mission that we welcome our troops home with care and concern and th... JOHN F. KERRY I'm not an Emontional, but how??? I live with the thought that "Nothing can be returned, it has... DEYTH BANGER Our DNA is as a consumer company - for that individual customer who's voting thumbs up or thumbs... STEVE JOBS That's what's so special about 'One Life to Live:' it's just this real family in... KASSIE DEPAIVA King would certainly be overjoyed by Barack Obama's inauguration, but we must avoid, and indeed ... DAVID GARROW We shouldn't force ourselves to do something that really is just painful to us. If there is a di... DAVID BELLE No matter who we are or where we live, we all share a basic concern for the safety and well-being of... LORETTA LYNCH We've been a country that's been fortunate to be protected by two oceans, to not have seriou... CONDOLEEZZA RICE The best love is the kind that weakens the soul, that makes us reach for more. That plants a fire in... AUDREY NIFFENEGGER It's not that our family has no taste, it's just that our family's taste is inconsistent... DAVE EGGERS I'm not saying that President Obama should be exempt from criticism, nor do I believe it is some... CORNEL WEST Self-sabotage is the proverbial hammer over the head that finally wakes us up, demanding that we pay... DEBBIE FORD The security of our country is not just a top priority, it's the top priority. J. D. HAYWORTH It's as if inside the White House the belief in Obama's inspirational charisma is still such... TINA BROWN And we should be a welcoming nation. Our identity is not based on race or ethnicity, it's based ... JEB BUSH More important, it's because God is our only true source of life. CRAIG GROESCHEL
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