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This nation was built by men who took risks — pioneers who w

This nation was built by men who took risks — pioneers who were not afraid of the wilderness, business men who were not afraid of failure, scientists who were not afraid of the truth, thinkers who were not afraid of progress, dreamers who were not afraid of action. – Brooks Atkinson

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Nothing a man writes can please him as profoundly as something he does with his back, shoulders and hands. For writing is an artificial activity. It is a lonely and private substitute for conversation. – Brooks Atkinson

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The virtue of the camera is not the power it has to transform the photographer into an artist, but the impulse it gives him to keep on looking – and looking. – Brooks Atkinson

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The knowledge of the world is only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet. – Lord Chesterfield

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Take risks: if you win, you will be happy; if you lose, you will be wise. – Author Unknown

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The fear of being laughed at makes cowards of us all. – Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic’s Notebook, 1960

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All of life is the exercise of risk. – William Sloane Coffin

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The thoughts that come often unsought, and, as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have. – John Locke, 16 May 1699

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