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In my early days in school, I had no shoes, no school bags. There were days I had only one meal... I walked miles and crossed rivers to school every day. Didn't have power, didn't have generators, studied with lanterns, but I never despaired.

Crossed Day Early Every
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We want to refocus Nigeria to make sure that basic infrastructure is provided. The environment is created for private investment, both within and direct foreign investment. So jobs will be created. That is my dream for Nigeria.

Basic Both Created Direct
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Well-trained medical doctors and engineers leave Nigeria to the developed countries. We want to reverse that.

Countries Developed Doctor Engineer
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I reassure all Nigerians and the international community of our firm commitment to free, fair and credible elections. My commitment to free elections and one man, one vote remains unwavering.

Commitment Community Credible Election
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The stronger the boat of (democracy), the more it is able to meet the challenges of its voyage and deliver on its promise to citizens

Boat Promise Deliver Citizens
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Nobody should rig for me. I am assuring Nigerians that though I am contesting, nobody must manipulate votes in my favour. Our votes must count.

Count Vote Favour Manipulate
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I have come to launch a campaign of ideas, not one of calumny. I have come to preach love, not hate. I have come to break you away from divisive tendencies of the past which have slowed our drive to true nationhood. I have no enemies to fight. You are all my friends and we share a common destiny.

Destiny Friend Share Common
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Separation of power is not separation of government.
Government Power Separation Not
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I was successful materially, but I know life is much more than worldly success. I saw all these blessings God had given me. The way to give thanks is obedience to God.

Successful Life Worldly Blessing
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I'm shy, but sometimes my voice is so clear and strong.

Strong Shy Voice Clear
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My background playing soccer gave me a natural advantage over many of the American-born players.

Soccer Player Over Advantage
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God comes first. Paradise is not cheap.
Cheap God Paradise First
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I'm the kind of person who always wants more. I was successful materially, but I know life is much more than worldly success. I saw all these blessings God had given me. The way to give thanks is obedience to God.

Obedience Thanks Blessing God
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I love fashion as much as I love basketball! It is a great joy for me to express myself through designing my own collection.

Fashion Love Great Express
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At the same, we need to remain sensitive to the reality that we are still an African society in which the majority of the people and communities live under severe deprivations and afflictions that are no fault of theirs.

Affliction African Communities Fault
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But no nation can base its survival and development on luck and prayers alone while its leadership fritters away every available opportunity for success and concrete achievement.

Achievement Alone Available Away
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For as long as our people are held hostage by controllable socio-economic forces, we cannot afford to be indifferent to the ravages of poverty in all its dimensions and ramifications.

Afford Cannot Dimension Forces
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If you ask me to summarise our mission, I would put it this way: We were a military regime that sought to lay the foundations for freedom and liberty in a complex society.

Complex Foundation Freedom Lay
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Informed by our sad experience of history, we require nothing short of a foundation for lasting democracy.

Democracy Experience Foundation History
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Our approach to economic development must be modern, focused and in tune with the global trend.

Approach Development Economic Focused
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The return of democracy in our land has indeed thrown the problems of development into bolder relief.

Democracy Development Indeed Land
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To meet the expectations of the majority of our people, and to open up new vistas of economic opportunity so that the aspirations of Nigerians can stand a fair chance of being fulfilled in a lifetime, there must be a truly committed leadership in a democratic Nigeria.

Aspirations Chance Committed Democratic
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Left to me, the whole purpose of government is for the security of the citizens, like the security of lives and property.

Citizens Government Left Like
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Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.

Cannot Consumed Earned Every
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It is not in the pursuit of happiness that we find fulfillment, it is in the happiness of pursuit.

Find Fulfillment Happiness Pursuit
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That which you create in beauty and goodness and truth lives on for all time to come. Don't spend your life accumulating material objects that will only turn to dust and ashes.

Accumulate All-Time Ashes Beauty
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Time and health are two precious assets that we don't recognize and appreciate until they have been depleted.

Appreciate Assets Been Depleted
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Losers make promises they often break. Winners make commitments they always keep.

Always Break Commitments Keep
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The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.”

Best Executive Sense Enough
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Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster.

Seize Moment Action Intend
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One day, you might look up and see me playing the game at 50. Don’t laugh. Never say never, because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion.

Might Game Limit Often
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If you quit once it becomes a habit. Never quit!

Never Habit Quit Becomes
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If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.

Accept Others Never Wil
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I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.

Accept Trying Fail Everyone
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Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.

Games Championship Teamwork Talent
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The boy who is going to make a great man must not make up his mind merely to overcome a thousand obstacles, but to win in spite of a thousand repulses and defeats.

Great Mind Overcome Obstacle
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The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life.

Destroy America Prosperity Peace
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In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.

Moment Decision Best Next
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Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.
Job Men Prove Ability
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Just remember; someone loves everything you hate about yourself.

Love Hate Someone Remember
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Don’t feel sad over someone who gave up on you, feel sorry for them because they gave up on someone who would have never given up on them.

Gave Sorry Up Never
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Some men can live up to their loftiest ideals without ever going higher than a basement.

Men Live Loft Ideas
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Take a deep breath and then come alive There might be so many things you’re missing out of Try to know it, try to feel it yeah It’s your life yeah, try to live it yeah.

Try Life Deep Alive
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It is not by force to greet everybody you meet on the road, but you have to know how to put yourself out there.

Force Meet Road Greet
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Be true to the game, because the game will be true to you. If you try to shortcut the game, then the game will shortcut you. If you put forth the effort, good things will be bestowed upon you. That’s truly about the game, and in some ways that’s about life too.

Effort True Game Shortcut
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It’s heavy duty to try to do everything and please everybody. My job was to go out there and play the game of basketball as best I can. People may not agree with that. I can’t live with what everyone’s impression of what I should or what I shouldn’t do.

Duty Impression Game Baketball
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I know fear is an obstacle for some people, but it is an illusion to me. Failure always made me try harder the next time.

Fear Illusion Failure Harder
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Champions do not become champions when they win an event, but in the hours, weeks, and months, and years they spend preparing for it. The victorious performance itself is merely a demonstration of their championship character.

Champions Hours Spend Preparing
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Don’t ever play with someone’s feelings, you could win the game but you could lose that person forever.

Play Game Lose Person
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Distance sometimes lets you know who’s worth keeping and who’s worth letting go.

Distance Worth Keeping Who
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