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The two are not mutually exclusive, but we think we can have wealth without good ideas and without values and without a clear vision. Wealth without vision is insanity.

Andrew Young

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Andrew Young
Age: 92
Born: 1932
Born: March 12
Diplomat
Film Producer
Former Mayor Of Atlanta
Human Rights Activist
Peace Activist
Politician
Writer
New Orleans
Louisiana
Andrew Jackson Young
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I was raised that way: don't get mad, get smart.
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We think it is complicated to change the world. Change comes little by little. Nothing worthwhile can happen in one generation.
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Beauty and love are all my dream They change not with the changing day Love stays forever like a stream That flows but never flows away.
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