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Our destiny is not written for us, but by us.

Barack Obama

It should be the power of our vote, not the size of our bank accounts, that drives our democracy.
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Account Bank Democracy Money Power Vote
Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. And it will leave you unfulfilled.
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Ambition Focus Fulfilment Life Show Yourself
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
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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Belief Difficulty Faith God Hope Uncertain
The best judge of whether or not a country is going to develop is how it treats its women
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Character Country Development Judgement Treat Women
To be black was to be the beneficiary of a great inheritance, a special destiny, glorious burdens that only we were strong enough to bear.
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Black Black Lives Matter Burden Destiny Greatness Strong
No, you can’t deny women their basic rights and pretend it’s about your ‘religious freedom’. If you don’t like birth control, don’t use it. Religious freedom doesn’t mean you can force others to live by your own beliefs.
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Belief Birth Freedom Religious Right Women
Greatness is never free; it must be earned.
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Attitude Earn Greatness Inspirational One Liner
Take off your bedroom slippers, put on your marching shoes. Shake it off. Stop complaining, stop grumbling, stop crying. We are going to press on. We’ve got work to do.
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Bedroom Crying Gratitude Hustle Motivational Shoes
Just because we have the best hammer does not mean that every problem is a nail.
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Deep Hammer Healing Inspirational Nails Problem
While we breathe, we will hope.
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Breathe Hope Inspirational One Liner
A lot of shelter dogs are mutts like me.
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Dog One Liner Race Shelter
I wish the country had fewer lawyers and more engineers.
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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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One of the best investments we can make in a child’s life is high-quality early education.
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Children Education Investment Knowledge Quality
Why can’t I just eat my waffle?
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Deep Eat Insult Interfere One Linner

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