Quote by Elias Canetti
The fear of burglars is not only the fear of being robbed, but als

The fear of burglars is not only the fear of being robbed, but also the fear of a sudden and unexpected clutch out of the darkness. – Elias Canetti

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The profoundest thoughts of the philosophers have something trickle about them. A lot disappears in order for something to suddenly appear in the palm of the hand. – Elias Canetti

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Philosophy
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A modern man has nothing to add to modernism, if only because he has nothing to oppose it with. The well-adapted drop off the dead limb of time like lice. – Elias Canetti

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The process of writing has something infinite about it. Even though it is interrupted each night, it is one single notation. – Elias Canetti

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Writing
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Fear is the mother of foresight. – Thomas Hardy

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Fear

I fear other actors who are not prepared. And I fear directors who are afraid. – Tommy Lee Jones

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Fear

There was a real fear that a euro-zone bank might fail, that wed have a sovereign debt problem in one of the larger European economies. Thats dissipated, thanks largely to the action of the European Central Bank. – George Osborne

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Fear

It is a miserable state of mind to have few things to desire and many things to fear. – Francis Bacon

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Fear

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Beauty and folly are generally companions. – Baltasar Gracián, translated from Spanish

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Limits, like fear, is often an illusion. – Michael Jordan

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As a black man, my hope is that I can touch more and more people all over the world of different races and different colours. – LL Cool J

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The democracy process provides for political and social change without violence. – Aung San Suu Kyi

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Change