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

Mignon McLaughlin

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" If you want to lose 40 pounds, you order salad instead of fries. If you want to be a better friend, you take the phone call instead of screening it. If you want to write a novel, you sit down and write a single paragraph. It's scary to make major changes, but we usually have enough courage to take the next right step. "

" For the men and women of the FBI, bravery is reflected not only in the physical courage often necessary in the job. It can be seen in the courage of conviction, in the courage to act with wisdom in the face of fear, and in the courage it takes to admit mistakes and move forward. "

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" Delegate to others who have strengths where you don't. But sometimes, you just need to be the one to drive the change when everyone else is waiting for someone else to take the first step. To me, that's courage in action. "

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" I love Joan Collins. She's a wonderful lady. She has such courage. She's such a good actress. "

" In short, we need to recover the courage we celebrate in our heroes, and in particular, the courage to tolerate, for the sake of a free society, a level of risk we hardly ever imagined in the past. "

" Grave was the man in years, in looks, in word, his locks were grey, yet was his courage green. "

" Paul persuaded me to join the band. I would never have had the courage otherwise. It was fun at the beginning. We were playing just for fun, with Paul's group. "

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" The courage of a soldier is found to be the cheapest and most common quality of human nature. "

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Mignon McLaughlin

" I want to thank the Academy for its courage and generosity. "

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" I think laughter may be a form of courage. As humans we sometimes stand tall and look into the sun and laugh, and I think we are never more brave than when we do that. "