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Quote by Joseph Conrad
The sea - this truth must be confessed - has no generosity. No dis

The sea – this truth must be confessed – has no generosity. No display of manly qualities – courage, hardihood, endurance, faithfulness – has ever been known to touch its irresponsible consciousness of power. – Joseph Conrad

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They talk of a man betraying his country, his friends, his sweetheart. There must be a moral bond first. All a man can betray is his conscience. – Joseph Conrad

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Loyalty
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Joseph Conrad
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The true peace of God begins at any spot a thousand miles from the nearest land. – Joseph Conrad

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Water
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Joseph Conrad
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Courage
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It is easy enough to praise men for the courage of their convictions. I wish I could teach the sad young of this mealy generation the courage of their confusions. – John Ciardi

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Courage

An able, disinterested, public-spirited press, with trained intelligence to know the right and courage to do it, can preserve that public virtue without which popular government is a sham and a mockery. – Joseph Pulitzer

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Courage

I love revolutionaries who have the courage to stand up against the status quo. Theyre always misunderstood, but theyre the ones who are standing up for human rights. – Richard Hatch

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Courage

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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Courage

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The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure. – Dale Carnegie

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Art

We are always the same age inside. – Gertrude Stein

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Age

A writer and nothing else: a man alone in a room with the English language, trying to get human feelings right. – John K. Hutchens, New York Herald Tribune, 1961 September 10th

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Writing