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“I do not believe that I'm sacrificing, in fact I feel very uneasy when others used the word sacrifice to describe my life. It sounds like I'm demanding returns for my investments. I chose to walk on this journey, because I solely believed in it and wholeheartedly decided to do so, and I'm willing and able to pay for the consequences.”

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Aung San Suu Kyi
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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