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Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities... because it is the quality which guarantees all others. ↗

— Winston Churchill

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It was always something I knew I was capable of and from an early age my mother was involved in the film industry. She used to work at a production company. So I was exposed to a renaissance period of films in New Zealand back in the early 80's. ↗

— Karl Urban

#always #back #capable #company #early

We occasionally stumble over the truth but most of us pick ourselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#happened #hurry #most #nothing #occasionally

"No comment" is a splendid expression. I am using it again and again. ↗

— Winston Churchill

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I am certainly not one of those who need to be prodded. In fact, if anything, I am the prod. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#am #anything #certainly #fact #i

Every parent is at some time the father of the unreturned prodigal, with nothing to do but keep his house open to hope. ↗

— John Ciardi

#every #father #his #hope #house

Nothing can be more abhorrent to democracy than to imprison a person or keep him in prison because he is unpopular. This is really the test of civilization. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#because #civilization #democracy #him #imprison

Sometimes there are things worth risking your life for. It was Jesus who said if you want to save your life, you have to lose it. ↗

— Gene Robinson

#life #lose #risking #said #save

Intelligence recognizes what has happened. Genius recognizes what will happen. ↗

— John Ciardi

#happen #happened #intelligence #recognizes #will

What has any poet to trust more than the feel of the thing? Theory concerns him only until he picks up his pen, and it begins to concern him again as soon as he lays it down. ↗

— John Ciardi

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