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Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.
Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.
Approximate author period: c. 1961 AD · modern
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- Barack Obama
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- Approximate author period: c. 1961 AD · modern
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