Inspiration Quotes
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The leaf was darkish, and had prickles on it, But in another country, as he said, Bore a bright golden flow’r, but not in this soil; Unknown, and like esteem’d, and the dull swain Treads on it daily with his clouted shoon.
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Optimism is a good characteristic, but if carried to an excess, it becomes foolishness. We are prone to speak of the resources of this country as inexhaustible; this is not so.
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To be corrupted by totalitarianism, one does not have to live in a totalitarian country.
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A song is like a dream, and you try to make it come true. They’re like strange countries that you have to enter.
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Eternal Spirit of the chainless Mind! Brightest in dungeons, Liberty! thou art, For there thy habitation is the heart – The heart which love of thee alone can bind; And when thy sons to fetters are consign’d – To fetters and damp vault’s dayless gloom, Their country conquers with their martyrdom.
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The whole country was tied together by radio. We all experienced the same heroes and comedians and singers. They were giants.
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Books are the food of youth, the delight of old age; the ornament of prosperity, the refuge and comfort of adversity; a delight at home, and no hindrance abroad; companions by night, in traveling, in the country.
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They swallow God without thinking, they swallow country without thinking. Soon they forget how to think, they let others think for them.
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Child hunger and child obesity are really just two sides of the same coin. Both rob our children of the energy, the strength and the stamina they need to succeed in school and in life. And that, in turn, robs our country of so much of their promise. -Michelle Obama
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Our country is great because it is built on principles of self-reliance, opportunity, innovation, and compassion for others.