“You'll never do a whole lot unless you're brave enough to try.”
Dolly Parton (1946) American singer-songwriter and actress
“Lots of people would be as cowardly as me if they were brave enough.”
— Terry Pratchett, book The Last Hero
Source: The Last Hero
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