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Don’t shortchange the future, because of fear in the present.

Barack Obama

You might be locked in a world not of your own making, her eyes said, but you still have a claim on how it is shaped. You still have responsibilities.
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Claim Eyes Lock Responsiblity Shape World
I wish the country had fewer lawyers and more engineers.
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Country Engineer Lawyer
In a global economy where the most valuable skill you can sell is your knowledge, a good education is no longer just a pathway to opportunity – it is a prerequisite.
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Economy Education Knowledge Opportunity Path Value
Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.
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Change Inspirational Person Seek Time Wait
If you give up on the idea that your voice can make a difference, then other voices will fill the void.
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Difference Give Up Ideas Success Voice Void
To those leaders around the globe who seek to sow conflict, or blame their society’s ills on the West – know that your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy.
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Blame Flobe Judgement Leadership People Society
The sweetest sound I know is the Muslim call to prayer.
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Call God Prayer Religion Sound Sweet
Cynicism is a sorry kind of wisdom.
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One Liner Philosophy Sorry Wisdom
The future belongs to young people with an education and the imagination to create.
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Education Future Imagination People Success Young
The real test is not whether you avoid failure, because you won’t. It’s whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it.
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Avoid Failure Inspirational Learning Patience Shame
Someone once said that every man is trying to live up to his father’s expectations or make up for their father’s mistakes.
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Expectation Father Humour Live Man Mistake Try
We don’t turn back. We leave no one behind. We pull each other up.
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Behind Each Other Leaving Let Go Praise
Who you are and who you love should never be a fireable offense.
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Love Offense Respect
Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency.
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Election Law Politics President Rule
Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because it’s only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential.
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Ambition Focus Life Poverty Realize Yourself
As we look forward to the New Year, let’s resolve to recommit ourselves to the values we share.
BARACK OBAMA

Beginning Commitment New Year Ourselves Resolution Value

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