"Courage can't see around corners but goes around them anyway."

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“The ideal home: big enough for you to hear the children, but not very well.”

“The neurotic longs to touch bottom, so at least he won't have that to worry about anymore.”

“We have to call it "freedom": who'd die for "a lesser tyranny"?”

“Every group of six or more has its inner circle, its outer circle, and its hangers-on.”

“A woman asks little of love: only that she be able to feel like a heroine.”

“The total history of almost anyone would shock almost everyone.”

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"If we long for our planet to be important, there is something we can do about it. We make our world significant by the courage of our questions and by the depth of our answers."

— Carl Sagan

Science1934–1996

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"Most Nobel Laureates have carried out our work in safety, but there are others who have acted with great personal courage. None has provided more vivid reminders of the dangers of peacemaking than two…"

— Jimmy Carter

Politics1965–2024

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"I must close now, for I am obliged to go to Terre Haute, where I am called to court to explain my conduct and defend myself against accusations relative to counterfeit money that was said to have been…"

— Théodore Guérin

Religion1798–1856

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"He's clearly a man with a mission, but it's not one of vengeance. Bruce is not after personal revenge... He's much bigger than that; he's much more noble than that. He wants the world to be a better p…"

— Frank Miller

Literature1957

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