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September 11, 2001, revealed heroism in ordinary people who might

September 11, 2001, revealed heroism in ordinary people who might have gone through their lives never called upon to demonstrate the extent of their courage. – Geraldine Brooks

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The thing that most attracts me to historical fiction is taking the factual record as far as it is known, using that as scaffolding, and then letting imagination build the structure that fills in those things we can never find out for sure. – Geraldine Brooks

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You cant write about the past and ignore religion. It was such a fundamental, mind-shaping, driving force for pre-modern societies. Im very interested in what religion does to us – its capacity to create love and empathy or hatred and violence. – Geraldine Brooks

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I knew I was going to be a journalist when I was eight years old and I saw the printing presses rolling at the Sydney newspaper where my dad worked as a proofreader. – Geraldine Brooks

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dad
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Then there is a still higher type of courage – the courage to brave pain, to live with it, to never let others know of it and to still find joy in life to wake up in the morning with an enthusiasm for the day ahead. – Howard Cosell

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It would be sad if we lost our instinct and our courage to love and protect. – Emeli Sande

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If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it. – John Irving

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There is no glory in war, yet from the blackness of its history, there emerge vivid colours of human character and courage. Those who risked their lives to help their friends. – Silvia Cartwright

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The next thing I am doing is moving back home to Minnesota and getting involved in politics. Im looking at a run for Senate in 2008, but in the meantime I am focused on knitting together the progressive network in the upper Midwest. – Al Franken

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Every man has his own destiny: the only imperative is to follow it, to accept it, no matter where it leads him. – Henry Miller

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