Barack Obama's Quote - Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty

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Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because its only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential. – Barack Obama

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We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of time trying to be excellent. – Barack Obama

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When we think of the major threats to our national security, the first to come to mind are nuclear proliferation, rogue states and global terrorism. But another kind of threat lurks beyond our shores, one from nature, not humans – an avian flu pandemic. – Barack Obama

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But do I think that our actions in anyway violate the War Powers Resolution, the answer is no. – Barack Obama

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