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![“I say that is because those are the times where sometimes you feel actually a little bit hurt. Because you feel like saying to these folks, "[Don't] you think if I could do it, I [would] have just done it. Do you think that the only problem is that I don't care enough about the plight of poor…” quote by Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c9/barack-obama-17_bits_i-say-that-is-because-those-are-the-time_2451942.jpg)
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