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I have written a memoir here and there, and that takes its own form of selfishness and courage. However, generally speaking, I have no interest in writing about my own life or intruding in the privacy of those around me. – Peter Carey

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Being famous as a writer is like being famous in a village. Its not really any very heady fame. – Peter Carey

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At the very end of a book I can manage to work for longer stretches, but mostly, making stuff up for three hours, thats enough. I cant do any more. At the end of the day I might tinker with my mornings work and maybe write some again. But I think three hours is fine. – Peter Carey

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I think that people need to have the courage of their convictions and not be trying to fool people into thinking that theyve changed overnight. – Chris Bell

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Through the inspiration of Vaclavs words, the courage of his dissidence and the integrity of his leadership, Czechoslovakia successfully transitioned from an authoritarian state to a free democracy at the heart of Europe. – Michael D. Higgins

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Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is a time to honor the greatest champion of racial equality who taught a nation – through compassion and courage – about democracy, nonviolence and racial justice. – Mark Pryor

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The courage in journalism is sticking up for the unpopular, not the popular. – Geraldo Rivera

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Pure experience is the name I gave to the immediate flux of life which furnishes the material to our later reflection with its conceptual categories. – William James

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With a family of six, there is always something to make, create and do together. – Heidi Klum

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It is not worth an intelligent mans time to be in the majority. By definition, there are already enough people to do that. – G. H. Hardy

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