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I want every young man who sees me to know that I'm not that different from them. I wasn't born into wealth. I wasn't born into fame. I made a lot of mistakes - but I kept at it.
Barack Obama
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Barack Obama
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: August 4
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If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help... Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you’ve got a business - you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen.
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I like my quiet time. There is a writer's sensibility in me sometimes, where I step back.
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We have known for decades that our survival depends on finding new sources of energy. Yet we import more oil today than ever before.
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I am somebody who usually writes out the rough draft in longhand. Then I type it into the computer, and that is where I do my editing. I find that if I write it on the computer, I go too quick. So I like getting that first draft out and then typing it in you are less self-conscious about it.
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People in every country should be free to choose and live their faith based upon the persuasion of the mind, and the heart, and the soul. This tolerance is essential for religion to thrive.
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It's important to recognize that you can't have 100 percent security and also then have 100 percent privacy and zero inconvenience.
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I intend to protect a free and open internet, extend its reach to every classroom, and every community, and help folks build the fastest networks, so that the next generation of digital innovators and entrepreneurs have the platform to keep reshaping our world.
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For we, the people, understand that our country cannot succeed when a shrinking few do very well and a growing many barely make it.
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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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I can say with confidence that I never bought into the hype, and I made sure that the people around me didn't buy into the hype, and I did not surround myself with people who fed me the hype. And I'm glad of that as well.
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