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“All right, your knees may be knocking but that shouldn't prevent you from going ahead and doing what you need to do.”

Quote by Aung San Suu Kyi

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Aung San Suu Kyi

Aung San Suu Kyi is a distinguished Burmese politician and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, born in June 1945. She is renowned for her nonviolent struggle for democracy and human rights in Myanmar, spending much of her life under house arrest and becoming a symbol of hope for the Burmese people. more

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