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Audacity is—what? It involves courage, boldness, achievement, but it is more than that. It is a complex idea with a cultural perspective. An American friend questioned the use of it, saying that as a child she would hear her mother reprimand her, crying: ‘You had the audacity to do that!’
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Carter, S., Kourdi, J. (2003). What is Audacity?. In: The Road to Audacity. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230508798_1
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