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Kerr, Merkel and Keller believe every effort we make now has a reaction - if we're making positive changes, if we're all doing the simple, small things we can do to help, it makes a big difference,'' Indeed, to people who have never tamed their impulses for fear of drawing the attention of malign authorities nor tempered their dreams before an authoritarian state can trample them don't seem to understand this.

Angela Merkel has spent decades being underestimated. She is quick to point out that passive pleading would get nowhere and that the fight for women’s power is a battle. She outsmarted phalanxes of gray-haired, gray-suited machine politicians to set two other precedents, becoming the first woman to occupy the Chancellery as well as its youngest incumbent. "The great thing about having people recognise you is you can try to make a positive difference".

Well-known for her extraordinary strength in the face of her dual disability, Helen Keller began to attract criticism when her views became known. She can indeed seem reserved and self-effacing at times, but there should be little doubt that she has confidence and ambition aplenty. Keller states " Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn whatever state I am in, therein to be content.

In the US Kerr, 26, is best known as a Victoria's Secret lingerie model, but back home she is also the wholesome face of David Jones. "You could certainly say that I've never underestimated myself," she says with a smile that in another context could only be described as kittenish. "There's nothing wrong with being ambitious. It’s a bold move but Kerr pulls it off with style.

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http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1187212,00.html