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I am a fan of biographies. Here are a couple of people in history that inspire me:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Keller

Helen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968) was an American author, political activist, and lecturer. She was the first deafblind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Douglass

He started as a slave in America and ended up an ambassador of the U.S. to Haiti.




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