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That whole heroic notion of the women warriors known as Amazons is extremely appealing. It was appealing in antiquity, and, throughout the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, they're always portrayed as heroic, courageous, and the equals of men, and that's just extremely attractive and has been since antiquity.

~Adrienne Mayor

Topics: Ages Always Antiquity Appealing Attractive Been Courageous Equals Extremely Heroic Just Known Men Middle Middle Ages Notion Portrayed Renaissance Since Throughout Warriors Whole Women

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Pictures of Amazons on vase paintings always show them as beautiful, active, spirited, courageous, and brave.

~Adrienne Mayor

Topics: Active Always Beautiful Brave Courageous Paintings Pictures Show Spirited Them Vase

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I love the gray areas, but I like the gray areas as considered by bright, educated, courageous people.

~Alan Furst

Topics: Area Bright Considered Courageous Educated Gray Like Love People I Love

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I continue to care for President Obama and for his family. I think that in many ways they are very courageous people, and I honor that, because I know what it means to live as a black person in a racist America.

~Alice Walker

Topics: America Because Black Care Continue Courageous Family His Honor Know Live Many Means Obama People Person President President Obama Think Very Ways I Think

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Tiger parenting is all about raising independent, creative, courageous kids. In America today, there's a dangerous tendency to romanticize creativity in a way that may undermine it.

~Amy Chua

Topics: About America Courageous Creative Creativity Dangerous Independent Kids May Parenting Raising Tendency Tiger Today Undermine Way

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Human beings are born solitary, but everywhere they are in chains - daisy chains - of interactivity. Social actions are makeshift forms, often courageous, sometimes ridiculous, always strange. And in a way, every social action is a negotiation, a compromise between 'his,' 'her' or 'their' wish and yours.

~Andy Warhol

Topics: Action Actions Always Beings Between Born Chains Compromise Courageous Daisy Every Everywhere Forms Her His Human Human Beings Negotiation Often Ridiculous Social Solitary Sometimes Strange Way Wish Yours

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Skydiving is something I've never done! And I am very excited to take the leap with a community of like-minded courageous women.

~Ann Bancroft

Topics: Am Community Courageous Done Excited Leap Never Skydiving Something Take Very Women I Am

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In 'The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow,' part of the 'Dear America' series, I took my childhood bravery and stubbornness and put that at the core of the Navajo girl, Sarah Nita. It helped me to identify with her survival and to write about her courageous journey and that of her people.

~Ann Turner

Topics: About America Away Bravery Chased Childhood Core Courageous Dear Girl Helped Her Identify Journey Me Part People Put Sarah Series Sorrow Stubbornness Survival Took Who Write

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You have plaintiffs attorneys, you have defense attorneys. So there is no unified bar that will protect a particular judge who has made a courageous decision that's unpopular.

~Anthony Kennedy

Topics: Attorneys Bar Courageous Decision Defense Judge Made Particular Protect Unified Unpopular Who Will You

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America has always accomplished far more acting as courageous frontiersmen than weak reactionaries.

~Anthony Scaramucci

Topics: Accomplished Acting Always America Courageous Far More Than Weak

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