We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of time trying to be excellent.

- Barack Obama

Random Fact

Barack Obama attended Occidental College in Los Angeles, then transferred to Columbia University in New York City, where he graduated in 1983 with a degree in political science.

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