Police officers know that each time they put on their uniform, they are taking on risks to protect others. -Mike Parson

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The trouble is not that I am single and likely to stay single, but that I am lonely and likely to stay lonely. ― Charlotte Brontë

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It's just a relief, really. I'm scared to die, but I want to die.

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A room without books is like a body without a soul. ― Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Our strength will continue if we allow ourselves the courage to feel scared, weak, and vulnerable.

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Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness. ― Maya Angelou

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I am not funny. The writers were funny. My directors were funny. The situations were funny… What I am is brave. I have never been scared. Not when I did movies, certainly not when I was a model and not when I did I Love Lucy.

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Being brave doesn't mean you aren't scared. Being brave means you are scared, really scared, badly scared, and you do the right thing anyway.

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You must feed your mind even as you feed your body, and to make your mind healthy, you must feed it nourishing, wholesome thoughts.

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I never went to school. I never went to acting school because I was so scared.

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