Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.

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"People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do."

- Isaac Asimov

Awareness

"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."

- Isaac Asimov

Awareness

"Isaac Asimov: “You’ve got to learn to laugh at yourself. If you don’t, someone else will do it for you, and you won’t enjoy it nearly as much.”"

- Isaac Asimov

Self-awareness

"It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly."

- Isaac Asimov

Courage

"The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' (I found it!) but 'That's funny ...'"

- Isaac Asimov

Inspiration

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"The greatest strength lies in vulnerability."

- Beauty and the Beast

Courage

"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear."

- Mark Twain

Courage

"I am learning every day to allow the space between where I am and where I want to be to inspire me and not terrify me."

- Tracee Ellis Ross

Courage

"If your dreams don’t scare you, they’re not big enough."

- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Courage

"Courage, dear heart."

- C.S. Lewis

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