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" There are always a few who stand up in times of communal madness and have the courage to say that what unites us is greater than what divides us. "

Geraldine Brooks

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" He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage. "

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" Many a man will have the courage to die gallantly, but will not have the courage to say, or even to think, that the cause for which he is asked to die is an unworthy one. "

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" For as long as this nation has known war, we have embraced the heroes it has produced. Americans have rightfully noted the honor and nobility of courage under hostile fire and thanked those who perished in their defense. "

" What is more mortifying than to feel that you have missed the plum for want of courage to shake the tree? "

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" Courage is a peculiar kind of fear. "

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" Most people talk; we do things. They plan; we achieve. They hesitate; we move ahead. We are living proof that when human beings have the courage and commitment to transform a dream into reality, there is nothing that can stop them. "

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" Both my mum and dad were great readers, and we would go every Saturday morning to the library, and my sister and I had a library card when we could pass off something as a signature, and all of us would come with an armful of books. "

Geraldine Brooks

" I have given up the idea that there is an opposition-free church out there. But I have gained something else - an appreciation for the gift of opposition. When it comes, I learn something about my motives. When it comes, I get to test my courage. "

" When our mothers are alive and healthy, they do extraordinary things... like the mothers of Plaza de Mayo, who marched in Argentinean plazas, defying the military junta dictatorship and demanding the whereabouts of their abducted children... or the Liberian mothers who faced down civil war armed only with T-shirts and courage. "

" Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid. "

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" Australia is a nation of compassion. Courage and compassion. And the third of these great values: resilience. "

" It is my great good luck the words I use are English words, which means I live in a very old nation of open borders; a rich, deep, multi-layered, promiscuous universe, infused with Latin, German, French, Greek, Arabic and countless other tongues. "

Geraldine Brooks

" Iwas not a reader at all, not until I discovered 'The Hobbit.' That changed my life. It gave me the courage to read. It led me to the 'Lord of the Rings' series. And once I'd read that, I knew I could read anything because I had just read thousands of pages. "

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" The truth won't set us free - until we develop the skills and the habit and the talent and the moral courage to use it. "

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" I've always been inspired by artists who have shown musical and intellectual curiosity and the courage to take risks. "

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" Genius is talent set on fire by courage. "

" I have spent a great deal of my life being part of minorities. Some of the people I admire the most in the world have had the courage to defend, against wind and tide, minority viewpoints in those frightening times when any disagreement with universal conformity is identified as treason. "

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" I knew I was going to be a journalist when I was eight years old and I saw the printing presses rolling at the Sydney newspaper where my dad worked as a proofreader. "

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" Innovation is so hard and so frustrating; it takes the intersections of people with courage, vision, and resources. "

" I never modeled myself after anyone. The person who had most influence on me was my mother, but it was really for her strength and courage more than her style, even though she had a lot of style. In a weird way, looking at pictures of me when I was 17 or 18, I was dressing the same way. I haven't changed very much. "

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" Believers, look up - take courage. The angels are nearer than you think. "

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" But we got up there and decided to stick to this mix of power chords and funk and that's where it really started for us. In having the courage to take that decision. To take a gamble not just with our music but our lives. "

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