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"Michelle: So my question is why you, Barack? Why do YOU need to be president?”
Barack: “...I know that the day I...take the oath to be president of the United States, the world will start looking at America differently...kids all around the country - Black...Hispanic...kids who don’t fit in - they’ll see themselves differently...their horizons lifted, their possibilities expanded...that would be worth it.”" — Dec 08, 2020 07:37AM
"Michelle: So my question is why you, Barack? Why do YOU need to be president?”
Barack: “...I know that the day I...take the oath to be president of the United States, the world will start looking at America differently...kids all around the country - Black...Hispanic...kids who don’t fit in - they’ll see themselves differently...their horizons lifted, their possibilities expanded...that would be worth it.”" — Dec 08, 2020 07:37AM
IRIN: And when the time comes, what would you like to be remembered for? RBG: Someone who used whatever talent she had to do her work to the very best of her ability. And to help repair tears in her society, to make things a little
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“The true measure of our character is how we treat the poor, the disfavored, the accused, the incarcerated, and the condemned.”
― Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
― Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
“Be glad. Be good. Be brave.”
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“The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry.”
― A Farewell to Arms
― A Farewell to Arms
“Every woman wants to be first to someone sometime in her life and that desire is the explanation for many strange things women do.”
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“Being confused about choices is nothing more than hoping that maybe there is a way to get through life without taking charge.”
― The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter - And How to Make the Most of Them Now
― The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter - And How to Make the Most of Them Now
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