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• We tend to value military heroes and Schwarzenegger types who are physically courageous. The heroics of doing the right thing every day even when it is dull and inconvenient are undervalued.

  Mary Pipher

  Military, Hero, Dull

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• Today it is time for strong and courageous people because only they can achieve victory and rid the world of tyranny.

  Wladyslaw Sikorski

  Strong, People, Victory

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• Mystical identification transcends the aristocratic virtue of courageous self-sacrifice. It is self- surrender in a higher, more complete, and more complete and more radical form. It is the perfect form of self-affirmation.

  Paul Tillich

  Sacrifice, Self, Perfect

  Paul Tillich (1968). “The Courage To Be”

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• Death is a woman, and for that reason she's courageous and just, and never makes distinctions between mortals; she'll crush the ignorant, the arrogant, and the wise alike under her icy foot.

  Rosario Ferre

  Crush, Death, Wise

  Rosario Ferré (1996). “Sweet Diamond Dust: And Other Stories”, Plume Books

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• I lost to a better player who played some courageous tennis and deserved to win.

  Novak Djokovic

  Winning, Player, Tennis

  "Stanislas Wawrinka shrugs off personal problems to win French Open" by Kevin Mitchell, www.theguardian.com. June 07, 2015.

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• I continue to care for President Obama and for his family. I think that in many ways they are very courageous people, and I honor that, because I know what it means to live as a black person in a racist America.

  Alice Walker

  Mean, Thinking, America

  "'Democratic Womanism': Poet and Activist Alice Walker on Women Rising, Obama and the 2012 Election". "Democracy Now" with Amy Goodman, www.democracynow.org. September 28, 2012.

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• I don't bother writing about Fox News. It is too easy. What I talk about are the liberal intellectuals, the ones who portray themselves and perceive themselves as challenging power, as courageous, as standing up for truth and justice. They are basically the guardians of the faith. They set the limits. They tell us how far we can go. They say, 'Look how courageous I am.' But do not go one millimeter beyond that. At least for the educated sectors, they are the most dangerous in supporting power.

  Noam Chomsky

  Writing, Justice, Challenges

  Institute Professor Department of Linguistics and Philosophy Noam Chomsky, Noam Chomsky, John Junkerman, Takei Masakazu (2015). “Power and Terror: Conflict, Hegemony, and the Rule of Force”, p.4, Routledge

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• I've met Obama a few times, and I think Obama's a quality human being, but I think that he finds himself in a position where your actions are largely dictated by things out of your control. I'm not giving him a pass for not being more courageous, but I do think the entire system needs an overhaul and taking money out of politics would be a really good first step.

  Shepard Fairey

  Thinking, Giving, Quality

  "Shepard Fairey on the Future of Political Art and Whether Obama Lived Up to His 'Hope' Poster". Interview with Matt Patches, www.esquire.com. May 28, 2015.

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• The word 'heresy' not only means no longer being wrong; it practically means being clear-headed and courageous. The word 'orthodoxy' not only no longer means being right; it practically
  means being wrong

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Mean, Orthodoxy, Clear

  Gilbert K. Chesterton (2013). “The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton”, p.125, Simon and Schuster

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• I love women who are bosses and who don't constantly worry about what their employees think of them. I love women who don't ask, "Is that OK?" after everything they say. I love when women are courageous in the face of unthinkable circumstances, like my mother when she was diagnosed with stage IV pancreatic cancer. Or like Gabrielle Giffords writing editorials for the New York Times about the cowardice of Congress regarding gun laws and using phrases like "mark my words" like she is Clint Eastwood. How many women say stuff like that?

  Mindy Kaling

  Mother, New York, Cancer

  "Lena Dunham Hilariously, Candidly Interviews Mindy Kaling". Interview with Lena Dunham, www.rollingstone.com. November 11, 2013.

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• In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, I watched helplessly as the Bush administration led America into a strategic blunder of historic proportions. It became painfully obvious that the executive branch of our government did not trust its military. It relied instead on a neoconservative ideology developed by men and women with little, if any, military experience. Some senior military leaders did not challenge civilian decision makers at the appropriate times, and the courageous few who did take a stand were subsequently forced out of the service.

  Ricardo Sanchez

  Senior, Military, Men

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• The Watch is a powerful tale, courageous both in concept and creation: an ancient tale made modern, passed through different narrators in extraordinary shape-shifting prose that makes this not just an important novel, but a remarkable read.

  Aminatta Forna

  Powerful, Important, Narrators

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• President Bush broke the law and lied to the American people when he unilaterally authorized secret wiretaps of U.S. citizens. But rather than focus on this constitutional crisis, Attorney General Gonzales is cracking down on critics of his friend and boss. Our nation is strengthened, not weakened, by those whistle-blowers who are courageous enough to speak out on violations of the law.

  Anthony Romero

  Law, Speaks Out, People

  "ACLU blasts Justice Dept. leaks probe". Anthony Romero's statement in the American Civil Liberties Union letter to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, www.upi.com. December 30, 2005.

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• Jesus showed us how to be courageous and sacrificial while we die for our beliefs, not while we kill for them.

  Frederica Mathewes-Green

  Jesus, Belief, Dies

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• We often forget that calling for peace is the most courageous act we can take. It's easy to call for revenge, to claim injustice, and to launch an attack. It's much more difficult to forgive, to call for peace, to lay down weapons.

  Dillon Burroughs

  Revenge, Forgiving, Calling

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• Cheryl Strayed is a courageous, gritty, and deceptively elegant writer.

  Pam Houston

  Elegant

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• Courage is doing something despite the fear, and I've worked hard on being a courageous person.

  Sara Blakely

  Persons, Despite, Hard

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• The ordinary man is as courageous and invulnerable as a hero when he does not recognize any danger, when he has no eyes to see it.Conversely, the hero's only vulnerable spot is on his back, and so exactly where he has no eyes.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Courage, Hero, Eye

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• The hundred-point man is one who is true to every trust; who keeps his word; who is loyal to the firm that employs him; who does not listen for insults nor look for slights; who carries a civil tongue in his head; who is polite to strangers without being fresh; who is considerate toward servants; who is moderate in his eating and drinking; who is willing to learn; who is cautious and yet courageous.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Trust, Drinking, Men

  Elbert Hubbard (1908). “Health & Wealth”

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• There are many persons ready to do what is right because in their hearts they know it is right. But they hesitate, waiting for theother fellow to make the first move--and he, in turn, waits for you. The minute a person whose word means a great deal dares to take the open- hearted and courageous way, many others follow. Not everyone can be turned aside from meanness and hatred, but the great majority of Americans is heading in that direction. I have a great belief in the future of my people and my country.

  Marian Anderson

  Country, Moving, Heart

  Marian Anderson (1956). “My Lord, what a Morning: An Autobiography”, p.312, University of Illinois Press

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• Ah, Marilyn, Hollywood's Joan of Arc, our Ultimate Sacrificial Lamb. Well, let me tell you, she was mean, terribly mean. The meanest woman I have ever known in this town. I am appalled by this Marilyn Monroe cult. Perhaps it's getting to be an act of courage to say the truth about her. Well, let me be courageous. I have never met anyone as utterly mean as Marilyn Monroe. Nor as utterly fabulous on the screen, and that includes Garbo.

  Billy Wilder

  Mean, Fabulous, Towns

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• Man is more courageous, pugnacious, and energetic than woman, and has a more inventive genius. His brain is absolutely larger, but whether relatively to the larger size of his body, in comparison with that of woman, has not, I believe been fully ascertained. In woman the face is rounder; the jaws and the base of the skull smaller; the outlines of her body rounder, in parts more prominent; and her pelvis is broader than in man; but this latter character may perhaps be considered rather as a primary than a secondary sexual character. She comes to maturity at an earlier age than man.

  Charles Darwin

  Women, Believe, Character

  "The Descent of Man". Book by Charles Darwin, volume II, chapter XIX: "Secondary Sexual Characters of Man", pages 316-317, 1871.

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• Trust God for your current life circumstances and believe that He has called you this day to be courageous.

  Beth Moore

  Believe, Trust In God, Currents

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• Your courageous decision to believe in Him will bless you immeasurably and forever.

  L. Whitney Clayton

  Believe, Decision, Forever

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• I'm afraid of everything. I'm not a naturally courageous person.

  Michael Stipe

  Persons

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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