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Sherman Alexie

"Nervous means you want to play. Scared means you don't want to play."

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"Nervous means you want to play. Scared means you don't want to play."

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Amber Hurdle

"Don't think about sharks when you are walking on water."

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"I noticed that volcanoes, earthquakes and floods, though are not good events, they are better than the silence of good people when bad people take the podium. The latter are to an extent uncontrollable, but the former can be stopped."

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Amber Hurdle

"Even if you are threatened with death, look at your situation right in the eye and praise the Lord."

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"[C]ourage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other."

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"To attempt, to brave, to persist, and persevere, to be faithful to one's self, to wrestle with destiny, to astound the catastrophe by the slight fear which is causes us, now to confront unjust power, again to insult intoxicated victory, to hold firm and withstand -- such is the example which nations need and the light which electrifies them."

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Amber Hurdle

"Be bold, speak from your heart."

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"By faith we will become strong and withstand the spiritual battle warring against us."

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"A man who is not ready to risk is not worthy of getting promotion."

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"Only cowards leave words unspoken."

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"Risk little, earn little. Risk much, earn much. Risk all, earn all."

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"Great pain is repetitive. Grief is repetitive."
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"Teenagers read millions of books every year. They read for entertainment and for education. They read because of school assignments and pop culture fads."
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"I always think it's funny when Indians celebrate Thanksgiving. I mean, sure, the Indians and Pilgrims were best friends during the first Thanksgiving, but a few years later, the Pilgrims were shooting Indians.So I'm never quite sure why we eat turkey like everybody else."
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