"Knowledge is never too dear."

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Source : Quoted in Polmar and Allen, Encyclopedia of Espionage (1997).

Francis Walsingham

“We always have to ask ourselves whether the level of risk is worth the story. What is bravery, and what is bravado?”

Source : "Opinion: Colvin fought injustice, armed only with words and images" by Hannah Storm, www.cnn.com. February 23, 2012.
“The test of civilization is the estimate of woman. Among savages she is a slave. In the dark ages of Christianity she is a toy and a sentimental goddess. With increasing moral light, and greater liberty, and more universal justice, she begins to develop as an equal human being.”

Source : George William Curtis (1894). “On the principles and character of American institutions, and the duties of American citizens, 1856-1891”
“The way animals were and are abused appalls me to this very day.”
“It's hard to be humble, when you're as great as I am.”
“If we don't get gun-control laws in this country, we are full of beans. To have the National Rifle Association rule the United States is pathetic. And I agree with Mayor Michael Bloomberg: It's time to put up or shut up about gun control for both parties.”

Source : "Harvey Weinstein Calls for Filmmaker Summit on Violence in Movies After Colorado Shooting" by Pamela McClintock, www.hollywoodreporter.com. July 26, 2012.
“If you can affect someone when theyâ€™re young, you are in their heart forever,”

Source : Mara Wilson (2016). “Where Am I Now?: True Stories of Girlhood and Accidental Fame”, p.231, Penguin
“The oldest form of the Choral Dance is the circle. Even the chimpanzees dance in a circle, and people of every continent still do it.”
“The modern world lies under a pervasive sense of anguish, of being abandoned, or at least experiencing God as absent. Yet events that seem to turn our lives upside down and inside out are part of God's redemptive plan, not only for us, but for the world in which we live. God may be preparing a great awakening for the world, if God can find enough people to cooperate in this mysterious plan.”

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