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You do not take a man who for years has been hobbled by chains, liberate him, bring him to the starting line of a race,…

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If two men agree on everything, you may be sure that one of them is doing the thinking.
It is the excitement of becoming - always becoming, trying, probing, falling, resting, and trying again- but always trying and always gaining
For this is what America is all about. It is the uncrossed desert and the unclimbed ridge. It is the star that…
I don't have any handicap. I am all handicap.
Many have no happier moments than those that they pass in solitude, abandoned to their own imagination, which sometimes puts sceptres in…
I believe in the American tradition of separation of church and state which is expressed in the First Amendment to the Constitution.…
...in the decline of life shame and grief are of short duration; whether it be that we bear easily what we have…
Nothing is more despicable than the old age of a passionate man. When the vigour of youth fails him, and his amusements…
If the purpose of lamentation be to excite pity, it is surely superfluous for age and weakness to tell their plaintive stories;…
Every old man complains of the growing depravity of the world, of the petulance and insolence of the rising generation. He recounts…
...that though they may refuse to grow wise, they must inevitably grow old; ...that the proper solaces of age are not music…
The prospect of penury in age is so gloomy and terrifying that every man who looks before him must resolve to avoid…

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You do not take a man who for years has been hobbled by chains, liberate him, bring him to the starting line… — Lyndon B. Johnson
I limbered up just a little before entering the stadium, and even so I felt a twinge in my thigh, no doubt… — Unknown Author
In order to realize the goal of creating a new starting line that anyone can instinctively understand we have come up with… — Satoru Iwata
Here it is: our collaboration with Project Spark . Instead of a traditional music video for GUILTY ALL THE SAME (feat. Rakim),… — Joe
How tragic it is that so often we stop everything just as we reach the starting line. We must move past the… — Marianne Williamson
Toeing the starting line of a marathon, regardless of the language you speak, the God you worship or the color of your… — Dean Karnazes
Sometimes you start a little further back from the starting line. And you're going to have to work a little bit harder,… — Nick Newell
The starting line of the New York Marathon is kind of like a giant time bomb behind you about to go off.… — Bill Rodgers
This is my 25th year of being on stage. A lot of people who I kind of toed up to the starting… — Henry Rollins
I had no need to apologize that the look-wider, search-more affirmative action that Princeton and Yale practiced had opened doors for me.… — Sonia Sotomayor
There are seven winners of the Monaco Grand Prix on the starting line today, and four of them are Michael Schumacher. — Murray Walker
I seem to have run in a great circle, and met myself again on the starting line. — Jeanette Winterson

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