#audacity

Such is the audacity of man, that he hath learned to counterfeit Nature, yea, and is so bold as to challenge her in her work. ↗

— Pliny the Elder

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Literature isn't a moral beauty contest. Its power arises from the authority and audacity with which the impersonation is pulled off; the belief it inspires is what counts. ↗

— Philip Roth

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There are few performers who would have had the audacity to even bring up the fact that they had been poorly reviewed. ↗

— Sandra Bernhard

#been #bring #even #fact #few

The first quality that is needed is audacity. ↗

— Winston Churchill

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The Hollies, after I left in 1968, had the audacity, the gall, to have three number one records after I left. Thanks a lot, guys. ↗

— Graham Nash

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With audacity one can undertake anything, but not do everything. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

#audacity #everything #undertake

Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of imagination. ↗

— John Dewey

#advance #audacity #every #great #imagination

I can understand how some people might resent me for having the audacity to continue playing music, but it'd take a lot more than that to stop me from doing it. I started Foo Fighters because I didn't want to retreat. ↗

— Dave Grohl

#because #continue #doing #fighters #having

In an election, one needs both hope and audacity. ↗

— Francois Hollande

#both #election #hope #needs

[Buddhism and Christianity] are in one sense parallel and equal; as a mound and a hollow, as a valley and a hill. There is a sense in which that sublime despair is the only alternative to that divine audacity. It is even true that the truly spiritual and intellectual man sees it as sort of dilemma; a very hard and terrible choice. There is little else on earth that can compare with these for completeness. And he who does not climb the mountain of Christ does indeed fall into the abyss of Buddha. ↗

— G.K. Chesterton

#belief #beliefs #compare #comparison #contrast