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Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in or

Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being ignorant of everything. – Sydney Smith

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He has spent all his life in letting down empty buckets into empty wells; and he is frittering away his age in trying to draw them up again. – Sydney Smith

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A comfortable house is a great source of happiness. It ranks immediately after health and a good conscience. – Sydney Smith

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Deep Throats information, and in my view, courage, allowed the newspaper to use what he knew and suspected. – Bob Woodward

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As the first Hispanic female governor in history, little girls often come up to me in the grocery store or the mall. They look and point, and when they get the courage, they ask Are you Susana? and they run up and give me a hug. – Susana Martinez

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You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along. – Eleanor Roosevelt

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President Obama and our all-of-the-above energy strategy is the real deal. We are proud of the fact that we are importing less oil than at any time in modern history, and it has been because of the presidents vision and courage. – Ken Salazar

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