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We need to steer clear of this poverty of ambition, where people w

We need to steer clear of this poverty of ambition, where people want to drive fancy cars and wear nice clothes and live in nice apartments but dont want to work hard to accomplish these things. Everyone should try to realize their full potential. – Barack Obama

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What I worry about would be that you essentially have two chambers, the House and the Senate, but you have simply, majoritarian, absolute power on either side. And thats just not what the founders intended. – Barack Obama

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Now were in the midst of not just advocating for change, not just calling for change – were doing the grinding, sometimes frustrating work of delivering change – inch by inch, day by day. – Barack Obama

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Part of the reason that our politics seems so tough right now and facts and science and argument does not seem to be winning the day all the time is because were hardwired not to always think clearly when were scared. And the countrys scared. – Barack Obama

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When I work, I work very hard. So I look to work with people who have that level of dedication. And I depend on that from everyone. From the director to my crews that I work with. – Tom Cruise

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When Thomas Edison worked late into the night on the electric light, he had to do it by gas lamp or candle. Im sure it made the work seem that much more urgent. – George Carlin

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When work is a pleasure, life is a joy! When work is a duty, life is slavery. – Maxim Gorky

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No bees, no honey; no work, no money. – Proverb

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