The whole of the American Dream has been based on the chance to get ahead, for one's self or one's children. Would this country have ever reached the point it has if the individual had always been refused the rewards of his labors and dangers.
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Be not afraid of life. Believe that life IS worth living and your belief will help create the fact.
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There are obviously two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live.
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Age acquires no value save through thought and discipline.
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