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Many great ideas have been lost because the people who had them could not stand being laughed at. – Author Unknown

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One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time. – André Gide

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Columbus had all the spirit of a crusader, and, at the same time, the investigating nature of a modern man of science. – Edmund Arthur Helps

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The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes. – Marcel Proust

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A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for. – John A. Shedd, Salt from My Attic, 1928

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