So, all you workaholics, all you hard-driven executives and hedge fund managers, all those insatiable for power and money, and those who only go to their doctor for a yearly checkup--all of you should peruse this thoughtful book.
We couldn't afford to tell those kids on the West Side or the South Side, if you work hard, if you study hard, if you're hitting the books, that you're going to be able to afford to go to college.
"We believe that the best of America is in these small towns that we get to visit, and in these wonderful little pockets of what I call the real America, being here with all of you hard-working, very patriotic, very pro-America areas of this great nation, " she told the crowd.
That basic idea that if you work hard, no matter where you come from, no matter what you look like, no matter what the circumstances of your birth, if you work hard you can do well enough to raise a family and own a home, send your own kids to college, put a little bit away for retirement.
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But most of all, most of all, I want to make sure that that original bargain that made this country great, that basic idea that if you work hard you can make it, that that is restored.
That's what we're fighting for -- that fundamental promise that no matter who you are, or how you started out, if you work hard you can build a decent life for yourself and an even better life for your kids.
It's contagious when you play hard, you play whistle to whistle and have a very good power play, obviously.
If you work hard, you get good grades, and everyone is happy.
Or will we be a place where if you work hard, you can get ahead no matter who you are or how you started out?
Or will we be a place where if you work hard, you can get ahead, no matter who you are, no matter how you started out?
This week, I spent some time traveling across Iowa talking with folks about rebuilding an economy where if you work hard, you and your family can get ahead.
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And that kind of economic growth, where everybody has opportunity -- if you work hard, you can succeed -- that's what gets a nation moving rapidly when it comes to develop.
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The fundamental promise that no matter who you are or how you started out, that if you work hard, you can build a decent life for yourself and an even better life for your kids.
The most important message, I guess I would tell you, though, is what I tell my daughters, which is that America remains a country where if you work hard and you don't give up and you are persistent, you can succeed.
If you look hard enough you can find the odd science program tucked away on BBC2 but once upon a time Tomorrow's World was on: the technologies may not have always worked but it showed how science was developing and explained it.
These two candidates, and others who were in the race before, attracted record numbers of new people to the political process and I don't think that the success in November is well-served by saying to those people, 'You worked hard, you produced a result, but the powers that be in Washington, D.
And they also believed that when you worked hard and you've done well, and you finally walk through that doorway of opportunity, you don't slam it shut behind you. (Applause.) You reach back and you give other folks the same chances that helped you succeed. (Applause.) Yes.
Now, the truth is, the skills and training you get here will be the best tools you have to achieve the American promise -- the promise that if you work hard, you can do well enough to raise a family, own a home, send your kids to college, and put a little away for retirement.
Obviously all of you are working very hard, you're studying very hard.
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One of the great things about the online world is that, if you look hard enough, you can find people who share your interests and embrace them.
If you step back and look -- how do you get hard things done when you have opposing sides?
If you worked hard, chances are you'd have a job for life, with a decent paycheck, and good benefits, and the occasional promotion.
And if you work hard enough, if you believe in yourself, you can earn an award just like this in a few decades...
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You follow this program, you work hard, IBM will hire you at the end of this process.
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