The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. To be your own man is hard business. If you try it, you will b… - Rudyard Kipling

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The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. To be your own man is hard business. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.

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About Rudyard Kipling

Joseph Rudyard Kipling (30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936) was an English short-story writer, poet, novelist and journalist, born in India. In 1907, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, the first English language writer to receive it. He remains, over a century later, its youngest-ever recipient.

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Birth Name: Joseph Rudyard Kipling
Alternative Names: R. Kipling Kipling
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