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Michelle Obama Lawyer, Author, First Lady
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"Women and girls can do whatever they want. There is no limit to what we as women can accomplish."

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Ada Lovelace Mathematician, Writer
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"Understand well as I may, my comprehension can only be an infinitesimal fraction of all I want to understand."

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher, Writer, Composer
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"The freedom of Mankind does not lie in the fact that can do what we want, but that we do not have to do that which we do not want."

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Meek Mill Rapper
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"Philly gave me my ambition and drive to get more. It's a reminder to stay on top of my game. That's not a place I want to go back to."

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Virginia Satir Psychotherapist, Author
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"I want you to get excited about who you are, what you are, what you have, and what can still be for you. I want to inspire you to see that you can go far beyond where you are right now."

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Shirley Chisholm Politician, Educator
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"When I die, I want to be remembered as a woman who lived in the twentieth century and who dared to be a catalyst of change. I don't want to be remembered as the first black woman who went to Congress. And I don't even want to be remembered as the first woman who happened to be black to make a bid for the Presidency I want to be remembered as a woman who fought for change in the twentieth century. That's what I want."

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