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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.

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Barack Obama
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: August 4
44Th U.S. President
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