Freedom means the opportunity to be what we never thought we would be. —Daniel Boorstin

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Freedom means the opportunity to be what we never thought we would be.

DANIEL BOORSTIN

Historian, U.S. Librarian of Congress

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O.D.Sharma from New Delhi JULY 6, 2018
Excellent

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Consult not your fears, but your hopes and your dreams. —Pope John XXIII
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When being together is more important than what you do, you are with a friend. —Connie McMartin
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For it is in giving that we receive. —Saint Francis of Assisi
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