Listen to stories about heroes and the concept of heroism.

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Business Hero: Bill Gates

19-03-2018

"Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one."

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 5.74MB - Duration: 6:16 m (128 kbps 44100 Hz)




Hero's Hero: Duke Ellington

19-03-2018

"Any time that something is difficult for me, I think about how Duke Ellington continued productivity under all kinds of relentless pressure"

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 4.09MB - Duration: 4:28 m (128 kbps 44100 Hz)




Musician Hero: Derrick Tabb

19-03-2018

"Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness." - Maya Angelou, Gather Together in My Nam

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 5.65MB - Duration: 6:10 m (128 kbps 44100 Hz)




Animal Hero: Balto

19-03-2018

"People find motivation and confidence in themselves from different things. I found mine in Balto."

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 4.22MB - Duration: 4:36 m (128 kbps 44100 Hz)




Poet: Hadraawi (Mohamed Ibrahim Warsame)

19-03-2018

"This respected poet is to the Somalis what Shakespeare was to the English...his poems and literary works reflect on all aspects of life such as social ills, politics, love, peace and the agony of the Somali people." - Ahmed Hussein Kahin

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 5.56MB - Duration: 6:04 m (128 kbps 44100 Hz)




Writer Hero: Hans Christian Andersen

19-03-2018

"He is a hero and an inspiration primarily because of how he flourished in life despite the harsh circumstances of his birth and early years."

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 6.51MB - Duration: 7:06 m (128 kbps 44100 Hz)




Earthkeeper Hero: Wangari Maathai

19-03-2018

"It's not that I am brave, or that I do not see the consequences, but by not projecting it, I do not embrace the fear that so often stops us from pursuing our goals."

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 5.59MB - Duration: 6:06 m (128 kbps 44100 Hz)




Child Hero: Ana Dodson

19-03-2018

Ana is changing the world "one heart at a time,"

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 5.04MB - Duration: 5:30 m (128 kbps 44100 Hz)




Earthkeeper Hero: John Muir

19-03-2018

"Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul alike."

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 5.86MB - Duration: 6:24 m (128 kbps 44100 Hz)




Freedom Hero: Rosa Parks

19-03-2018

Rosa Parks is known as a national hero and as a shy girl who stood up against racism and fought for freedom.

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 2.63MB - Duration: 2:52 m (128 kbps 44100 Hz)




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