Well, actually one of them is 12-years-old. 

They’re both fierce and loving.  They say what’s true for them.  They stand tall when opposed.

1.  Lyra Belacqua, character in The Golden Compass film

(To other kids chasing her)  If you value your lives, come no further.

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(To her best friend Roger, who called her a “lady”)  Take it back, or we ain’t best mates no more!

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Mrs. Coulter: The Magisterium is what people need.  They keep things working by telling people what to do.

Lyra: But you told the Master you did whatever you pleased.

Mrs. Coulter: Ah, that’s right.  Clever girl.  Well, some people know what’s best for them, and some people don’t.  Besides, they don’t tell people what to do in a mean, petty way.  They tell them what to do in a kindly way, to keep them out of danger.

(Lyra no doubt thinking Huh?)

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Lyra: It’s all bigger and scarier than we ever thought.
Pan: Maybe we shouldn’t be doing this.
Lyra: But we’ve got to, though, ain’t we?

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(Lyra looking up at a huge bear)  Iorek Byrnison, you’re the first ice bear I ever met.  I was ever so excited, and scared.  But now I’m just disappointed.  I heard that bears lived to hunt and to fight.  Why are you wasting your time here, drinking whiskey?

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We’ll set things right.  We will.  You, and me, and Iorek, and Serafina Pekkala, and Mr. Scoresby.  And my father.  We’ll set it right, Pan.  Just let them try to stop us.

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Truth to power

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2.  Kamala Harris, being interviewed by Fox News, a conservative company that backs Donald Trump

May I please finish.  You have to let me finish.

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I’m in the middle of responding to the point you’re raising and I’d like to finish.

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You and I both know that he [Donald Trump] has talked about turning the American military on the American people.  He has talked about going after people who are engaged in peaceful protest.  He has talked about locking people up because they disagree with him.

This is a democracy.  And in a democracy, the president of the United States – in the United States of America – should be willing to be able to handle criticism without saying he would lock people up for doing it.

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Turning the page from the last decade in which we’ve been burdened with the kind of rhetoric coming from Donald Trump that has been designed and implemented to divide our country, and have Americans literally point fingers at each other.  Rhetoric and an approach to leadership that suggests the strength of a leader is based on who you beat down instead of what we all know – the strength of leadership is based on who you lift up.

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People are exhausted with someone who professes to be a leader who spends full time in demeaning and engaging in personal grievances, and it being about him rather than the American people.

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Being in the lion’s den

And roaring back

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I salute you … Lyra and Kamala