"Those opportunity gaps begin early, often at..." - Quote by Barack Obama

“My identity might begin with the fact of my race, but it didn't, couldn't end there. At least that's what I would choose to believe.”

“Because this is a country where everyone deserves the same freedom and opportunities to fulfill their dreams.”

“I've said many times around the world that like any government, like any country, like, any set of human institutions, we have our flaws. We've operated imperfectly. There are times we've made mistakes.”

“When you live in a poor neighborhood, you are living in an area where you have poor schools. When you have poor schools, you have poor teachers. When you have poor teachers, you get a poor education. When you get a poor education, you can only work in a poor-paying job. And that poor-paying job enables you to live again in a poor neighborhood. So, it's a very vicious cycle.”

“Being attentive to inequality and not tone deaf to it. But offering prescriptions that are actually going to help folks in communities that feel forgotten. That's going to be our most important strategy. And I think we can successfully do that.”

“In this, of all the countries in the world, possession of inordinate wealth by individuals should be held as a crime against Indian humanity.”

“Everything we would ever need to become rich and powerful and sophisticated is within our reach. The major reason that so few take advantage of all that we have is simply, neglect.”

“Can I just tell you the truth? I get asked to do a lot of stuff. And all of the years that people have asked me to do things for the film festival, I couldn't. And so this year, I thought, "Oh, my god, I don't have a day job. If somebody ask me to do something, I'm going to do it."”

“Every day brings a chance to live free of regret and with as much joy, fun, and laughter as you can stand.”