I wouldn’t be the man I am today without the woman who agreed to marry me 20 years ago
BARACK OBAMAFocusing 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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It should be the power of our vote, not the size of our bank accounts, that drives our democracy.
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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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Nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of voices calling for change.
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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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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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Hope – Hope in the face of difficulty. Hope in the face of uncertainty. The audacity of hope! In the end, that is God’s greatest gift to us. A belief in things not seen. A belief that there are better days ahead.
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Reading is important. If you know how to read then the whole world opens up to you
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What makes you a man is not the ability to make a child, it’s the courage to raise one.
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I wish the country had fewer lawyers and more engineers.
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We must act, knowing that our work will be imperfect.
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One thing I don’t like is when you disrespect the law.
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Persevere. Nothing worthwhile is easy.
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A lot of shelter dogs are mutts like me.
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Of all the rocks upon which we build our lives, we are reminded today that family is the most important.
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Why can’t I just eat my waffle?
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