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I Sometimes Think We Ought To Bring A Bill Before Congress Changing Our National Symbol From The Eagle To The Buffalo, Because We Are More Like The Buffalo Than The Eagle. The Eagle Is A Powerful Bird. It Flies Alone. It Rises Up Into The Sky With Authority. It Is Master Of All It Surveys. The Eagle Is An Individualist And Was Selected From Among The Rest Of The Birds To Be Our Symbol. But The Buffalo Was Never Alone. It Always Ran In A Herd With Other Buffaloes. And, Friends, I Call Your Attention That The Buffaloes Are Gone From The Open Range, But The Eagles Are Still Soaring.

-Norman Vincent Peale

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Norman Vincent Peale

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I Sometimes Think We Ought To Bring A Bill Before Congress Changing Our National Symbol From The Eagle To The Buffalo, Because We Are More Like The Buffalo Than The Eagle. The Eagle Is A Powerful Bird. It Flies Alone. It Rises Up Into The Sky With Authority. It Is Master Of All It Surveys. The Eagle Is An Individualist And Was Selected From Among The Rest Of The Birds To Be Our Symbol. But The Buffalo Was Never Alone. It Always Ran In A Herd With Other Buffaloes. And, Friends, I Call Your Attention That The Buffaloes Are Gone From The Open Range, But The Eagles Are Still Soaring.

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Don't Take Tomorrow To Bed With You.

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