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Boredom is... a vital problem for the moralist, since half the sin

Boredom is… a vital problem for the moralist, since half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it. – Bertrand Russell

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Both in thought and in feeling, even though time be real, to realise the unimportance of time is the gate of wisdom. – Bertrand Russell

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Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely or to think sanely under the influence of a great fear. – Bertrand Russell

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Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear and with a manly heart. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Fear is the enemy. I distrust it. Any feeling or decision I make that might be motivated by fear I quickly reassess. – Andrea Riseborough

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As the ostrich when pursued hideth his head, but forgetteth his body; so the fears of a coward expose him to danger. – Akhenaton

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I began to fear that Mos Def was being treated as a product, not a person, so Ive been going by Yasiin since 99. At first it was just for friends and family, but now Im declaring it openly. – Mos Def

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I think I jump around more when Im alone. – Nicolas Cage

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Because of our Congressional committee system, our government is closer to a gerontocracy than a democracy. – Charles Frankel

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Passion and prejudice govern the world, only under the name of reason. – John Wesley

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