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Paulo Freire Educator, Author
World

"The oppressed want at any cost to resemble the oppressors." "They call themselves ignorant and say the 'professor' is the one who has knowledge and to whom they should listen." "Almost never do they realize that they, too, 'know things' they have learned in their relations with the world."

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Pharrell Williams Musician, Producer
World

"Timberland is an all-American brand focused on work, utility and the outdoors, that managed to find a place in the fashion world as well"

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Abraham Lincoln Political Leader
World

"We were proclaiming ourselves political hypocrites before the world, by thus fostering Human Slavery and proclaiming ourselves, at the same time, the sole friends of Human Freedom."

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Abraham Lincoln Political Leader
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"And I am glad to know that there is a system of labor - where the laborer can strike if he wants to! I would to God that such a system prevailed all over the world."

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Eleanor Roosevelt Political Activist, Diplomat
World

"Success must include two things: the development of an individual to his utmost potentiality and a contribution of some kind to one's world."

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Elie Wiesel Writer, Holocaust Survivor
World

"Man, by definition, is born a stranger: coming from nowhere, he is thrust into an alien world which existed before him-a world which didn't need him. And which will survive him."

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