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Sustaining the energy and focus involved in doing a good job I think starts to - starts to gets tougher the longer you do it.

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Barack Obama
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: August 4
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That's where peace begins - not just in the plans of leaders, but in the hearts of people. Not just in some carefully designed process, but in the daily connections - that sense of empathy that takes place among those who live together in this land and in this sacred city of Jerusalem.
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We have a stake in one another...what binds us together is greater than what drives us apart.
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I'm less interested in how we label ourselves. I'm more interested in how we treat each other. And if we're treating each other right, then I can be African-American, I can be multi-racial, I can be you name it, what matters is, am I showing people respect, am I caring for one, for other people.
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