"I think I knew what discipline was as a child growing up at home. In Ethiopia there are things that you just have to accomplish. For example, I had always had to fetch water from the nearest river and wood from the forest, even though there were hyenas all around. That’s how you learn that sometimes you have to overcome things."
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Meseret Defar: “In Ethiopia, We Learn How to Overcome” (23 June 2007) Take The Magic Step
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