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		What I have since realized is that if people expect you to be brave, sometimes you pretend that you are, even when you are frightened down to your very bones.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sharon Creech 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		My arm bones looked like chicken bones. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Tammy Duckworth 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I was writing at a really young age, but it took me a long time to be brave enough to become a published writer, or to try to become a published writer. It's a very public way to fail. And I was kind of scared, so I started out as a ghost writer, and I wrote for other series, like Disney 'Aladdin' and 'Sweet Valley' and books like that. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				K. A. Applegate 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You know, my friends, with what a brave carouse I made a Second Marriage in my house; favored old barren reason from my bed, and took the daughter of the vine to spouse. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Omar Khayyam 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I am not a hero but the brave men who died deserved this honor. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ira Hayes 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I do have to give it up for Sarah Palin on one account. She is brave. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Adam McKay 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Gold is good in its place; but loving, brave, patriotic men are better than gold. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Abraham Lincoln 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		That man is not truly brave who is afraid either to seem or to be, when it suits him, a coward. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Edgar Allan Poe 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Through the centuries, over 1.2 million brave men and women have given their lives for our nation. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Dan Lipinski 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We should be inspired by people... who show that human beings can be kind, brave, generous, beautiful, strong-even in the most difficult circumstances. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Rachel Corrie 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Something I stand for is being brave enough to invest in creative ideas that I firmly believe in and bringing those to life. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				G-Eazy 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Teams are always hitting me in the gut, trying to grab me when I jump and stuff like that. But I expect it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				J. J. Watt 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		And down the long and silent street,The dawn, with silver-sandalled feet,Crept like a frightened girl. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Oscar Wilde 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		From what I know about alcoholism, I'd say there's nothing romantic, nothing grand, nothing heroic, nothing brave - nothing like that about drinking. It's a real coward's death. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Warren Zevon 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Do not the brave know The greatness of their progeny? A country present will meet thee, And while it may possibly be yours, Three hundred thousand years save one, A short hour of the day of everlasting life. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Taliesin 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		A brave man struggling in the storms of fate, And greatly falling with a falling state. While Cato gives his little senate laws, What bosom beats not in his country's cause? 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Alexander Pope 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Who wants to brave those bronze beautiesLying in the sun.With their long soft hair fallingFlying as they run.Oh they smile so shyAnd they flirt so wellAnd they lay you down so fastTill you look straight up and sayOh lord, am I really here at last? 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Bob Seger 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I knew that until I was ready to tell the truth as I saw it, I was no better than a politician- but I didn't know whether I would ever be brave enough to break ranks and speak my mind. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Clarence Thomas 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The result showed that fortune helps the brave. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Livy