I will not pretend I wasn't petrified. I was. But mixed in with the awful fear was a glorious feeling of excitement. Most of the really exciting things we do in our lives scare us to death. They wouldn't be exciting if they didn't.

Roald Dahl

Danny, the Champion of the World

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Fear Excitement Taking risks

Author

Roald Dahl

Source

Danny, the Champion of the World

Medium

Novel

Genre

Children's literature

Language

English

Time

1975 1970s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Dahl, Roald. Danny, the Champion of the World. Alfred A. Knopf, 1975.

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I decided it is better to scream. This pitiful sound, which sometimes, goodness knows how, reaches into the remotest prison cell, is a concentrated expression of the last vestige of human dignity. It is a man's way of leaving a trace, of telling people how he lived and died. By his screams he asserts his right to live, sends a message to the outside world demanding help and calling for resistance. If nothing else is left, one must scream. Silence is the real crime against humanity.

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Soviet Union

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Nadezhda Mandelstam
Source
Hope Against Hope
Genre
Autobiography and memoir
Language
Russian
Time
1970 1970s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Mandelstam, Nadezhda. Hope Against Hope. The Chekov Press/Atheneum, 1970, ch. 11.

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Topic
Shoot your shot Going for it Taking risks
Speaker
Wayne Gretzky
Language
English
Time
1983 1980s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Gretzky, Wayne. Quoted in Philadelphia Inquirer. 9 Feb. 1983.