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" I believe in a world where there are no heroes, and I've read and know humanity a lot. There are moments that I admire in a person courage, intellect, hard work. These are the qualities I admire in an intellectual, in a writer, and there are so many people who have these things. "

Orhan Pamuk

Courage

Hard Work

People

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Orhan Pamuk

Look

Nature

" Courage is simply the willingness to be afraid and act anyway. "

" Idealism, unrealistic idealism, is always contrasted with the reality of the people, of the man in the street. The details of daily life are always more convincing than the political fantasies of the earlier generations. "

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" If we are to survive, we must have ideas, vision, and courage. These things are rarely produced by committees. Everything that matters in our intellectual and moral life begins with an individual confronting his own mind and conscience in a room by himself. "

Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.

Own

Mind

Courage

" A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been brought to public life is not as likely to insist upon or regard that quality in its chosen leaders today - and in fact we have forgotten. "

" I've seen a shift in general about the literacy of the public to what Tourette's is. And that's a testament to local kids and parents having the courage to share their experience. "

" Basically, discipline, effort, patience and courage are hugely important core values for kids to grow up embracing. "

" When you have a wife who has been a tower of strength and shown more courage than you dreamed existed - that's the finest I know. "

Lou Gehrig

Strength

Wife

" Smart growth is having the courage to say yes and having the courage to say no. "

" We can never intimidate and discourage the people who voice their words with courage. The essence of freedom rests precisely here - in the freedom of expression of the people. And we must protect it. "

Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj

Words

People

Freedom

" When you put on clothes that are fighting against something, you can feel your courage grow. Clothing can set you free. "

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" Practicing in the trial work trenches of the law, I saw, too, that when we judges don our robes, it doesn't make us any smarter, but it does serve as a reminder of what's expected of us: Impartiality and independence, collegiality and courage. "