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\u201cI learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. \u00a0The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\nNelson Mandela (1918-2013)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
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