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Words of Courage

Words of Courage

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Mark Danowsky
Dec 04, 2013
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“Enduring tedium over real time in a confined space is what real courage is. There is no audience. No one to applaud, to admire. No one to see you. Do you understand? Here is the truth--actual heroism receives no ovation, entertains no one...No one is interested.”

 
-David Foster Wallace [from] The Pale King

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