“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear—not absence of fear.”
Mark Twain, quoted in Entrepreneur.com
“A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation.”
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“Defeat may serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out.”
Poet Edwin Markham, quoted in the Beckley, W.Va., Register-Herald
“Doing nothing is very hard to do … you never know when you’re
finished.”
Actor Leslie Nielsen, quoted in the Tulsa World
“Better to be without logic than without feeling.”
Charlotte Brontë, quoted in the Associated Press
“Wine is bottled poetry.”
Robert Louis Stevenson, quoted in the Dayton, Ohio, Daily News
“Finding a way to live the simple life today is a man’s most
complicated task.”
World War II hero Henry A. Courtney, quoted in Forbes.com
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Political cartoons for December 13Cartoons Saturday's political cartoons include saving healthcare, the affordability crisis, and more
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Farage’s £9m windfall: will it smooth his path to power?In Depth The record donation has come amidst rumours of collaboration with the Conservatives and allegations of racism in Farage's school days
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The issue dividing Israel: ultra-Orthodox draft dodgersIn the Spotlight A new bill has solidified the community’s ‘draft evasion’ stance, with this issue becoming the country’s ‘greatest internal security threat’
