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In 2015, ballet dancer Misty Copeland became the first Black woman to be made principal dancer for the American Ballet Theatre. Copeland started studying ballet when she was 13 years old — considered late for this demanding form of dance. She didn’t let that stop her, though, and she went on to make history. We can learn a lot from Copeland and her advice: What you think are limitations may not get in your way at all, but you have to keep trying to find out.
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