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None of the prophets old, So lofty or so bold! No form of danger shakes his dauntless breast; In loneliness sublime He dares confront the time, And speak the truth, and give the world no rest No kingly threat can cowardize his breath, He with majestic step goes forth to meet his death.
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It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.
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Every really new idea looks crazy at first.
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There are no brave men and cowardly men in the world, my son. There are only brave men. To be born, to live, to die—that takes courage enough in itself, and more than enough. We are all brave men and we are all afraid, and what the world calls a brave man, he too is brave and afraid like the all rest of us. Only he is brave for five minutes longer.
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I don't like it when people don't look me dead in the eye. I move my head around trying to catch their eye.
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I think it's important to take a break, you know, from the public eye for a while, and give people a chance to miss you. I want longevity. I don't want to get out there and run myself ragged and spread myself thin.
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A divided heart loses both worlds.
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Photographs are of course about their makers, and are to be read for what they disclose in that regard no less than for what they reveal of the world as their makers comprehend, invent, and describe it.
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And how am I to face the odds Of man's bedevilment and God's? I, a stranger and afraid In a world I never made.
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I thought religion would make me live with my head in the clouds, but as often as not, it grounds me in this world.
