"Sometimes standing against evil is more important than defeating it. The greatest heroes stand because it is right to do so, not because they believe they will walk away with their lives. Such selfless courage is a victory in itself."

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Source : N. D. Wilson (2009). “Dandelion Fire: Book 2 of the 100 Cupboards”, p.172, Random House Books for Young Readers

N.D. Wilson

#Courage Quotes #Believe Quotes #Hero Quotes

“Jesse McCartney is one of the nicest people around. I hate when I hear bad things about him, because anyone who knows him would agree that he's a good guy and really humble.”
“When you're timid, you're just thinking of yourself! Think of the other person - put him at ease, get him a drink.”
“I started off playing the clarinet, after I was inspired by listening to my dad's Benny Goodman records.”
“Depressive lucidity, usually described as a radical withdrawal from ordinary human concerns, generally manifests itself by a profound indifference to things which are genuinely of minor interest. Thus it is possible to imagine a depressed lover, while the idea of a depressed patriot seems frankly inconceivable.”
“Some might say they don't believe in heaven Go and tell it to the man who lives in hell.”

Source : 1995 'Some Might Say'.
“Does this planet have enough resources so seven or eight billion can have the same level of consumption and waste that today is seen in rich societies? It is this level of hyper-consumption that is harming our planet.”

Source : "Poverty and the Presidency: Uruguay’s Jose Mujica" by Conrad Black, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 27, 2012.
“The key to life is imagination. If you don't have that, no mater what you have, it's meaningless. If you do have imagination...you can make feast of straw.”
“I became interested in film as a viewer when I was a teenager. I would spend entire afternoons in an arthouse theater in downtown Santiago. I didn't really expect to be a filmmaker back then. But it was clearly an interest.”

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