This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor. ― John F. Kennedy

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Today, we need a nation of Minutemen, citizens who are not only prepared to take arms, but citizens who regard the preservation of freedom as the basic purpose of their daily life and who are willing to consciously work and sacrifice for that freedom. ― John F. Kennedy

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Don't ask 'Why', ask instead, 'Why not'. ― John F. Kennedy

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Your past is always your past. Even if you forget it, it remembers you.

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Never neglect the little things. Never skimp on that extra effort, that additional few minutes, that soft word of praise or thanks, that delivery of the very best that you can do. It does not matter what others think, it is of prime importance, however, what you think about you. You can never do your best, which should always be your trademark, if you are cutting corners and shirking responsibilities. You are special. Act it. Never neglect the little things.

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There is an excellent way to make predictions without the slightest risk of error: predict the past.

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Nothing revives the past so completely as a smell that was once associated with it.

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What you're doing now, or have done in the past, need not determine what you can do next and in the future. - Ken Robinson

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Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people. To destroy this invisible government, to befoul the unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics is the first task of the statesmanship of today.

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The present changes the past. Looking back you do not find what you left behind. ― Kiran Desai

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