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Once you are really challenged, you find something in yourself. Man doesn't know what he is capable of until he is asked.
Kofi Annan
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Kofi Annan
Age: 80 †
Born: 1938
Born: April 8
Died: 2018
Died: August 18
Diplomat
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Kofi Atta Annan
Annan
Kofi A. Annan
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