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" Excellence is a continuous process and not an accident. "

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

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" When you look at the light bulb above you, you remember Thomas Alva Edison. When the telephone bell rings, you remember Alexander Graham Bell. Marie Curie was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize. When you see the blue sky, you think of Sir C.V. Raman. "

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" Where there is righteousness in the heart, there is beauty in the character. When there is beauty in the character, there is harmony in the home. When there is harmony in the home, there is order in the nation. When there is order in the nation, there is peace in the world. "

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" To become 'unique,' the challenge is to fight the hardest battle which anyone can imagine until you reach your destination. "

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" The purpose of education is to make good human beings with skill and expertise... Enlightened human beings can be created by teachers. "

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" Why are we, as a nation so obsessed with foreign things? Is it a legacy of our colonial years? We want foreign television sets. We want foreign shirts. We want foreign technology. Why this obsession with everything imported? "

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" In a democracy, the well-being, individuality and happiness of every citizen is important for the overall prosperity, peace and happiness of the nation. "

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" What is politics? Political system is equal to development politics plus political politics. "

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" My message, especially to young people is to have courage to think differently, courage to invent, to travel the unexplored path, courage to discover the impossible and to conquer the problems and succeed. These are great qualities that they must work towards. This is my message to the young people. "

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" There has to be a global mission of human progress. "

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" India can live without nuclear weapons. That's our dream, and it should be the dream of the U.S. also. "

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" I'm not an expert on the arms race. "

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" Creativity is the key to success in the future, and primary education is where teachers can bring creativity in children at that level. "

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" In India we only read about death, sickness, terrorism, crime. "

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" Almost half of the population of the world lives in rural regions and mostly in a state of poverty. Such inequalities in human development have been one of the primary reasons for unrest and, in some parts of the world, even violence. "

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" The world has today 546 nuclear plants generating electricity. Their experience is being continuously researched, and feedback should be provided to all. Nuclear scientists have to interact with the people of the nation, and academic institutions continuously update nuclear power generation technology and safety. "

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" We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us. "

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