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Barack Obama
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: August 4
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I think I was able to talk to people about values in ways that people - in ways that resonated with folks.
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Germany, South Korea - these are all countries that are investing massively in education. We've got to do the same thing in America.
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The biggest deficit that we have in our society and in the world right now is an empathy deficit. We are in great need of people being able to stand in somebody else's shoes and see the world through their eyes.
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The friendship that we established early on in our marriage ... that carries you through tough times. That and a good sense of humor.
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We've achieved this historic progress through diplomacy, without resorting to another war in the Middle East. I want to also point out that by working with Iran on this nuclear deal, we were better able to address other issues.
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If everything seems to be the same and no distinctions are made, then we won't know what to protect. We won't know what to fight for.
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Here in Europe, I think that there are a lot of young people who forget the issues that were at stake during the Cold War.
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