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" While children are struggling to be unique, the world around them is trying all means to make them look like everybody else. "

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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" God, our Creator, has stored within our minds and personalities, great potential strength and ability. Prayer helps us tap and develop these powers. "

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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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" If a country is to be corruption free and become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel there are three key societal members who can make a difference. They are the father, the mother and the teacher. "

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" Over the years, I had nurtured the hope to be able to fly; to handle a machine as it rose higher and higher in the stratosphere was my dearest dream. "

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" One of the more difficult tasks for me as president was to decide on the issue of confirming capital punishment awarded by courts... to my surprise... almost all cases which were pending had a social and economic bias. "

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" The wealth of information now available at the click of a finger amazes me. "

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" Let me define a leader. He must have vision and passion and not be afraid of any problem. Instead, he should know how to defeat it. Most importantly, he must work with integrity. "

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" Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended. "

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" Ultimately, education in its real sense is the pursuit of truth. It is an endless journey through knowledge and enlightenment. "

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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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