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.
BARACK OBAMAFind somebody to be successful for. Raise their hopes. Rise to their needs.
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The future must not belong to those who bully women. It must be shaped by girls who go to school and those who stand for a world where our daughters can live their dreams just like our sons.
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One voice can change a room, and if one voice can change a room, then it can change a city, and if it can change a city, it can change a state, and if it change a state, it can change a nation, and if it can change a nation, it can change the world. Your voice can change the world.
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You can put lipstick on a pig. It’s still a pig.
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Islam has a proud tradition of tolerance.
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Where you are right now doesn’t have to determine where you’ll end up.
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Cynicism is a sorry kind of wisdom.
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We don’t ask you to believe in our ability to bring change, rather, we ask you to believe in yours.
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Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency.
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One of the best investments we can make in a child’s life is high-quality early education.
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We don’t turn back. We leave no one behind. We pull each other up.
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It’s not just enough to change the players. We’ve gotta change the game.
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Don’t shortchange the future, because of fear in the present.
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Each of us deserves the freedom to pursue our own version of happiness. No one deserves to be bullied.
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Any time bombs are used to target civilians it is an act of terror.
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I think, as you get older, that’s when your ambitions become “peculiar”.
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