Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of …

Barack Obama
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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 it's only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential. ✨ Commencement Address at Knox College, delivered 4 June 2005, Galesburg, Illinois
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