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I think what breaks people is not adversity; what breaks people is thinking that tomorrow is going to be just like yesterday. That’s what’s numbing – if you think you can’t change, you can’t be better. And I didn’t like that.

William J. Clinton

He was a martyr of peace but was the victim of hate. If people can’t let go of the hatred of their enemies they risk sowing the seeds of hate among themselves.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON

Go Hate Letting Peace
On Bill Clinton: I have a simple question: Who’s the last President to give you a balanced budget?
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Giving President Simple
[George Bush] has raised taxes on the people driving pickup trucks and lowered taxes on the people riding in limousines. We can do better.
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Driving People Riding
You don’t have to wait till your party’s in power to have an impact on life at home and around the world.
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Home Impact Party
I have said many times-if I hadn’t been exposed to music as a child I don’t think I would have been president.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON

Children President Thinking
India.. a perfectly wonderful country, may have been motivated by a lack of self-esteem.
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Country Esteem India Self
Keep your eyes on the prize and don’t turn back.
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Eye Rewards Turns
Nobody is right all the time and even a broken clock is right twice a day.
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Broken Clock Day Time Twice
I misled people, including even my wife.
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Humorous People Stupid
Progress changes consciousness, and when people’s consciousness changes, then their awareness of what is possible changes as well – a virtuous circle.
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Circles People Progress
When people are feeling insecure, they’d rather have someone who is strong and wrong rather than somebody who is weak and right.
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Country Insecure People Strong
Great rewards will come to those who can live together, learn together, work together, forge new ties that bind together.
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Rewards Ties Working Together
I want American Dream growth – lots of new businesses, well-paying jobs, and American leadership in new industries, like clean energy and biotechnology.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON

Dream Growth Jobs
There are two kinds of people in the world. Those who have seen the Taj Mahal and love it and those who have not seen the Taj and love it.
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Kind Love People Two World
Globalisation is not something that we can hold off or turn off. It is the economic equivalent of a force of nature, like wind or water.
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Economic Water Wind
These dilemmas present perhaps the most enduring conundrum of human history: can people derive their identity primarily by positive association or does life’s meaning also require negative comparison to others?
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Identity People Religion
Education no longer stops on graduation day. We must demand excellence at every level of education.
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Demand Excellence Levels
We must fortify African democracy and peace by launching Radio Democracy for Africa, supporting the transition to democracy now beginning to take place in Nigeria.
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Democracy Historical Transition
Success is not the measure of a man but a triumph over those who choose to hold him back.
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Congratulations Men Success
Sometimes I think the environment in which we operate is entirely too secular. The fact that we have freedom of religion doesn’t mean we need to try to have freedom from religion
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Christian Freedom Religious
Noting his mother’s visit to Las Vegas the weekend before she died. She got to go to heaven four days early.
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Mother Vegas Weekend
Literacy is not a luxury, it is a right and a responsibility. If our world is to meet the challenges of the twenty-first century we must harness the energy and creativity of all our citizens.
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Creativity Education Responsibility
Character doesn’t matter.
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Character Humorous Stupid
America’s greatness depends on the ability of its citizens to make the most of their lives. Americans with disabilities are an enormous, often untapped reservoir of that potential.
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Citizen Country Greatness People
Everybody knows that I have tougher ethics rules than any previous President.
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Ethics Presidential Stupid
The Bible is the authoritative Word of God and contains all truth.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON

Contain God Truth Word
One of the things that all kids are taught by their parents is this old “sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never hurt me.”
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Hurt Kids Parent

I think what breaks people is not adversity; what breaks people is thinking that tomorrow is going to be just like yesterday. That’s what’s numbing – if you think you can’t change, you can’t be better. And I didn’t like that.

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