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Kinue Hitomi
Born in Okayama Prefecture in 1907, Kinue Hitomi was Japan's first female Olympic medalist, winning silver in the 800m at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics. In an era when women's track and field was barely established internationally, she shattered world records across multiple events. Her early death at twenty-four makes her a tragic pioneer of Japanese women's sport.
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Establish your purpose, and make it the source of all things.
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I shall return.
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In war there is no substitute for victory.
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Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
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He who is ashamed of slave origins is no true warrior.
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