"Passion is the bridge that takes you from pain to change."

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Source: Fridtjof Nansen (1897). “The First Crossing of Greenland”, Longmans, Green

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Frida Kahlo

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Frida Kahlo was a Mexican painter known for her deeply personal and symbolic works that explore themes of identity, pain, and self-expression.

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