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• I hesitate to deposit money in a bank. I am afraid I shall never dare to take it out again. When you go to confession and entrust your sins to the safe-keeping of the priest, do you ever come back for them?

  Jean Baudrillard

  Safe Keeping, Bankers, Banking

  Jean Baudrillard (1989). “America”, p.61, Verso

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• I'm as skeptical as anyone would be about celebrities and causes - and I will dare to say to you that I don't think of myself as a celebrity per se.

  Bono

  Thinking, Would Be, Causes

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• There's a schizoid streak within the family anyway so I dare say that I'm affected by that. The majority of the people in my family have been in some kind of mental institution, as for my brother he doesn't want to leave. He likes it very much.

  David Bowie

  Brother, People, Majority

  David Bowie (2016). “David Bowie: The Last Interview”, p.21, Melville House

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• But he that dares not grasp the thorn Should never crave the rose.

  Anne Bronte

  Courage, Flower, Rose

  Anne Brontë, “The Narrow Way”

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• Christopher Hitchens was a wit, a charmer, and a troublemaker, and to those who knew him well, he was a gift from - dare I say it - God.

  Graydon Carter

  Wit, Troublemaker, Charmers

  "Christopher Hitchens, 1949–2011: In Memoriam" by Graydon Carter, www.vanityfair.com. December 2011.

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• Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge, and dares to forgive an injury.

  Edwin Hubbel Chapin

  Inspirational, Motivational, Strength

  "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers". Book by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, 1895.

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• 'Sweet Valley High' is fantastic, fabulous, a little bit campy, and - dare I say it - cinematic.

  Diablo Cody

  Sweet, Valleys, Littles

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• Don't you dare underestimate the power of your own instinct.

  Barbara Corcoran

  Motivational, Natural Instinct, Underestimate

  Twitter post from Jun 18, 2016

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• 'Dare to Discipline' was published in 1970 in the midst of the Vietnam War and a culture of rebellion. The book was written in that context, but the principles of child rearing have not changed.

  James Dobson

  Children, War, Book

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• If you go looking for loonies and religious fanatics and dropouts and freaks, I dare say you'll find it.

  Stephen Fry

  Religious, Freak, Dropouts

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• A brave man is a man who dares to look the Devil in the face and tell him he is a Devil.

  James A. Garfield

  Men, Bravery, Devil

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• I dare say there may be some men and women in the Armed Forces who are so decent that they would say: Give the Iraqi people money, we do not want to be paid back. That is the strength of our country.

  Lindsey Graham

  Country, Men, People

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• I have always appreciated those who dare to experiment with materials and proportions.

  Zaha Hadid

  Appreciated, Proportion, Materials

  "Zaha Hadid and United Nude Unveil the nOVa Shoe" by Becky Quintal, www.archdaily.com. July 5, 2013.

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• Because that's just the way it is, and don't sleep on what you did before, you know, because it can... not hurt you, but you can find yourself sleeping on something that happened in the past, but you dare to progress and there is always room for progression.

  Thierry Henry

  Hurt, Sleep, Past

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• I must tell you I take terrible risks. Because my playing is very clear, when I make a mistake you hear it. If you want me to play only the notes without any specific dynamics, I will never make one mistake. Never be afraid to dare.

  Vladimir Horowitz

  Life, Success, Mistake

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• There is a point at which the law becomes immoral and unethical. That point is reached when it becomes a cloak for the cowardice that dares not stand up against blatant violations of justice.

  Kurt Huber

  Law, Justice, Cowardice

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• He dares to be a fool, and that is the first step in the direction of wisdom.

  James Huneker

  Wisdom, Stupid, Knowledge

  James Huneker (1913). “The Pathos of Distance: A Book of a Thousand and One Moments”

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• They said that Etta James is still vulgar. I said, Oh, how dare them say I'm still vulgar. I'm vulgar because I dance in the chair. What would they want me to do? Want me to just be still or something like that? I've got to do something.

  Etta James

  Dance, Want, They Said

  Interview with Daryn Kagan, www.cnn.com. September 21, 2002.

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• Apple is to the United States government what Clarence Thomas was to the civil rights coalition. How dare you get this big sidestepping us.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Rights, Government, Apples

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• Being a conservative union member is almost like being an actor in Hollywood: You don't dare say it, or you might be injured on the job, or you might be laid off, or your family might have something happen to them.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Jobs, Hollywood, Actors

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• Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinions of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth.

  Katherine Mansfield

  Inspirational, Positive, Wisdom

  Journal, 10 Oct. 1922

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• I dare you all to write one more thing that you won't say to my face. Because I will make you say it. In that manner. That is a threat.

  Marilyn Manson

  Writing, Faces

  "Marilyn Manson Threatens Journalists Who Criticize Him". www.foxnews.com. July 29, 2009.

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• A wise nation should cultivate a political spirit that allows opponents to cooperate without fearing an automatic execution from their core supporters. Who knew that the real rogues in American politics would be the ones who dare to get along?

  Jon Meacham

  Wise, Real, Political

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• Children have adopted a consumerist attitude - I dare you to entertain me.

  Walter Dean Myers

  Children, Attitude, Adopted

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• You can measure opportunity with the same yardstick that measures the risk involved. They go together.

  Earl Nightingale

  Inspirational, Opportunity, Risk

  Robert C. Worstell, Earl Nightingale “How to Completely Change Your Life in 30 Seconds - Part III”, Lulu.com

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