I'd spent so many years telling my kids "be brave" and "try something new" and "have some confidence" that I forgot what being brave and trying something new feels like.
Last week I joined the brave early adapters and became a happy iPad customer myself.
My aunts kept remarking how brave I was and how unusually long my eyelashes were, and teased me about my Cairene accent, my skin.
"I've never done anything brave in my life, I'm not expected to put myself at risk, I've never saved any lives and yet we seem to take for granted those who do so as a matter of routine, " she said.
"I had never worked as a commercial gallerist before, and I wasn't brave enough to just sign a lease, so this was my organic, slow way into things, " she says.
"I'm moved by the brave soldiers and want to show my gratitude in my paintings, " Itell him.
Gallacher said the move was "good news for Wales" and "a very brave statement, one I totally support".
Ms. CATHY HARBAUGH (Mother of Ken Harbaugh): I tell my boys I'm not half as brave as they give me credit for.
But then again, I didn't have to brave the 10-degree weather outside.
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He is a brave young lad and I don't want him to go on in an emergency and get himself injured at this stage of his career.
In this brave old world, I can employ a few keystrokes and so correlate my personal recollection of what was happening on that day, at that very hour, with public events in Birmingham, Bratislava or Beijing.
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As a strong union supporter and life-long Democrat, I am all in favor of these brave legislators in their fight.
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That was a very brave thing to do and I think it set the tone for the bravery we showed throughout.
It's really to try and tell everyone about what he did and how brave his expedition was and I really do feel closer to him now.
Sometimes, I remember my cousins tried to be brave enough to put the whole fruit in their mouth, and they did it and splashed all the juices around and it was just a good way to entertain ourselves.
"I don't know if it was brave or stupid but adrenaline kicks in, " he said.
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That said, the moral atmosphere of the country is a brave new world compared with the one I grew up in.
Surely nothing can be said or done to assuage their pain in this moment of grief, but I hope it is of some comfort that these brave individuals will be remembered as standing at the vanguard of a historic moment in global health: the final push to end polio.
And I ask the Congress to meet its responsibilities to these brave men and women by fully funding our troops.
But through my great, brave and skillful Zimbabwean lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa, I won an acquittal.
" I asked her what she remembered about Huxley's "Brave New World.
In other words, it would take a very strong, secure, empathetic, talented and motivated man to meet my high expectations and although I'm sure they are out there, are they brave enough?
This is the brave and hip route, and frankly, these folks I meet are the most excited about what they are doing.
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From personal experience I can attest to the fact Mr. Turner has been a brave advocate for compassionate, rational and virtuous family health.
Given the tone of the piece, I would have expected you to publish them to show solidarity with anyone brave enough to do the same.
However, I believe none have embraced the ride so close to their hearts like brave entrepreneurs and small business owners, agile startups, and the driven freelancers.
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