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Edward Snowden

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Elan Mastai

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Florence + the Machine

Fran Kranz

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LeBron James

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Lin-Manuel Miranda

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Logic

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Martin Luther King Jr.

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Michelle Obama

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Nat King Cole

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Neil deGrasse Tyson

Nic Pizzolatto

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Taylor Swift

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The Beatles

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