That's what's critical, is making sure that we're always there to bequeath that gift to the next generation. (Applause.) And if you'll work with me, I promise I'll do everything I can -- (applause) -- I'll do everything I can to help protect our economy but also protect this amazing planet that we love and this great country that we've been blessed with.

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And I promise you we will do better.

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Okay, I promise that's the last pirate voice I'll do.

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And I promise you, look, Warren Buffett will do fine. (Laughter.) I will do fine.

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Do so and I promise I'll Tivo Mad Men one Sunday night and enjoy a night at the movies.

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"All I can do is absolutely promise that these stories were just daft ideas that never - and would never have - got off the drawing board, " he wrote on his blog.

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Do these things and I promise that you'll become a speaker in high demand.

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So I would just suggest to this caucus, if anybody is searching for a lesson from Massachusetts, I promise you the answer is not to do nothing.

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And to every American who is looking for work, I promise you we are going to keep on doing everything that we can -- I will do everything in my power to help our economy create jobs and opportunity for all people.

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However, I do it because it is a promise to myself.

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And that is why I predict that this weekend the Federal Reserve will promise everything but do nothing.

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And will do a better job of planning next time, I promise.

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The more investigation I do, the more I begin to think that perhaps golf has promise.

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But Ryan Orbuch, who I met this past spring, has delivered on his promise to perfect the to-do app, and it launches today.

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"The only promise I have for you in the interim is that as an Ashanti I won't do anything to soil our image, " he told a reception organised in his honour by the King of Ashanti, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II.

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