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Writing has been an important exercise to clarify what I believe, what I see, what I care about, what my deepest values are. The process of converting a jumble of thoughts into coherent sentences makes you ask tougher questions.

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Barack Obama
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: August 4
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In the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope.
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I am confident that we will one day end the scourge of modern slavery, because I believe in those committed to this issue.
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Put simply, what I'd like to do is to see the first two years of community college free for everybody's who is willing to work for it.
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As we look forward to the New Year, let's resolve to recommit ourselves to the values we share.
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The only reason I send a single young man or woman in uniform anywhere in the world is because I think it's necessary to keep us safe.
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We are not going to have a situation where our education spending goes back to its lowest level since the year 2000 despite a larger population and more kids to educate. We know that the single most important thing in terms of how well we can compete around the world is the quality of our workforce. We can't do that to our kids.
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I always enjoy watching Republicans compliment Bill Clinton now, because at the time, I'm sure he didn't feel a lot of the love.
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If you're really concerned about deficits, you cannot take seriously a budget that would give $30 billion a year worth of tax cuts to not just the top 1 percent but the top 0.1 percent.
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All of us - we should do everything we can to make sure this country lives up to our children's expectations.
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Unfortunately, you've grown up hearing voices that incessantly warn of government as nothing more than some separate, sinister entity that's at the root of all our problems. Some of these same voices also do their best to gum up the works. They'll warn that tyranny is always lurking just around the corner. You should reject these voices.
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