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" What I love about the East End is that there's a great perseverance, determination and courage. What I dislike about it is that there is sometimes a celebration of ignorance. "

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" As one of the first African-Americans to be out on a reality program, MTV's 'The Real World: Philadelphia,' I understand the courage it takes to live your truth on a national platform, the importance it holds to LGBT communities of color, and the power it has to create a greater conversation within American culture. "

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Culture

Live

Courage

" So many times I wanted to go to Auschwitz, but I couldn't take up the courage to go there. "

" Since I was a little girl, I have witnessed the strength and courage that energized my mother, who left every sorrow and pain in the past, who would work unyieldingly to obtain her goals, who was the great warrior from whom I learned all the values that are today fundamental pillars of my every day. "

" It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor. Live bravely and present a brave front to adversity. "

" The courage to be is rooted in the God who appears when God has disappeared in the anxiety of doubt. "

" Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on. "

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Doing

World

Perfect

" With compassion you can die for other people, like the mother who can die for her child. You have the courage to say it because you are not afraid of losing anything, because you know that understanding and love is the foundation of happiness. But if you have fear of losing your status, your position, you will not have the courage to do it. "

" Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. "

" The weak in courage is strong in cunning. "

" Way down deep, we're all motivated by the same urges. Cats have the courage to live by them. "

" Genius is talent set on fire by courage. "

" One of the hardest questions I have been asked is 'How will you manage the army if you are having menstrual cramps?' I have also been asked if I will have the courage to face criminals. My answer is that courage is not a matter of gender. "

Josefina Vazquez Mota

Gender

Questions

You

" It would be sad if we lost our instinct and our courage to love and protect. "

" Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage. "

" God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless. "

" I'm fascinated how often and with what whole-heartedness people will risk their lives to perform acts of courage, sacrifice, and compassion for total strangers. "

" Intellectuals try to keep going. But their situation is very difficult. Those who have had the courage to voice their opposition have often paid a very high price. "

" Peace comes when you talk to the guy you most hate. And that's where the courage of a leader comes, because when you sit down with your enemy, you as a leader must already have very considerable confidence from your own constituency. "

" Mike Leigh taught me about making choices - as an actor, you choose between being honest and clever, and with Mike, it's always about being honest. I learned how to behave on a film set from Jim Broadbent. He was a great example of someone with a fantastic career who kept his feet on the ground. "

" Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself. "

" Perhaps what distinguishes my characters is their courage and spirit and a certain stubbornness which enables them to keep going even when facing a setback. I think this developed organically as I wrote, but also it came out of a desire to portray women as powerful and intelligent forces in the world. "

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Courage

Keep Going

Powerful

" To bathe a cat takes brute force, perseverance, courage of conviction - and a cat. The last ingredient is usually hardest to come by. "

" My message to you all is of hope, courage and confidence. Let us mobilize all our resources in a systematic and organized way and tackle the grave issues that confront us with grim determination and discipline worthy of a great nation. "

" When I was at Brown, I wanted to write the great American novel, but I was too scared to take a creative course. I signed up for one, got in, and just didn't have the courage to go. I was a tremendously shy person, almost pathologically shy. The thought of peers critiquing my work - oh, God. "

" As a person, I am someone who wants to give my the best in every take. I wouldn't say it was easy for me to get into the industry because I come from a background where no one has been in films. But I do believe if you work hard, you will get noticed. Modeling gave me that courage to stand in front of the camera. "

Pooja Hegde

Best

Courage

" Nothing gives us courage more readily than the desire to avoid looking like a damn fool. "

" I went through a long period where I was afraid of doing things I wanted to do, and you get your courage back, which is what's important. "

" No matter what you think about the Iraq war, there is one thing we can all agree on for the next days - we have to salute the courage and bravery of those who are risking their lives to vote and those brave Iraqi and American soldiers fighting to protect their right to vote. "

" One man scorned and covered with scars still strove with his last ounce of courage to reach the unreachable stars; and the world will be better for this. "

" Major film stars tend to do a film and then have a couple of months off. I'm not a major film star; I'm a jobbing actor. "