"Contrary to the rumours that you've heard, I was not born in a manger. I was actually born on Krypton and sent here by my father, Jor-El, to save the planet Earth."
— Superman

January 1, 1970

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Barack Obama, in regard to impossibly high expectations of what he might do as president, jokingly implying that he was Superman rather than Jesus, in a speech at the Al Smith Dinner in New York City (17 October 2008)