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" Nations consist of people. And with their effort, a nation can accomplish all it could ever want. "

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

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" When we tackle obstacles, we find hidden reserves of courage and resilience we did not know we had. And it is only when we are faced with failure do we realise that these resources were always there within us. We only need to find them and move on with our lives. "

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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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" As a child of God, I am greater than anything that can happen to me. "

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" Widespread use of antibiotics promotes the spread of antibiotic resistance. Smart use of antibiotics is the key to controlling its spread. "

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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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" When I took over as president, I studied the Constitution, and the more I studied it, the more I realised that it does not prevent the president of India from giving the nation a vision. So when I went and presented this vision in Parliament and in legislative assemblies; everyone welcomed it, irrespective of party affiliations. "

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" New markets could be created by rural potentials, which could lead to rise in the employment. "

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" When grand plans for scientific and defence technologies are made, do the people in power think about the sacrifices the people in the laboratories and fields have to make? "

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" One lesson that every nation can learn from China is to focus more on creating village-level enterprises, quality health services and educational facilities. "

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" I was a disadvantaged child from a non-educated family, yet I had the advantage of being in the company of great teachers. "

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" We have not invaded anyone. We have not conquered anyone. We have not grabbed their land, their culture, their history and tried to enforce our way of life on them. "

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