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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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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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Modern, Modernism
Author
Elias Canetti
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There is no such thing as an ugly language. Today I hear every language as if it were the only one, and when I hear of one that is dying, it overwhelms me as though it were the death of the earth. – Elias Canetti

Category:
Death
Author
Elias Canetti
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You have but to know an object by its proper name for it to lose its dangerous magic. – Elias Canetti

Category:
Names
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Elias Canetti
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Other Quotes from
Fear
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If you have an issue with homosexuality, then it comes to your own fear and your own darkness. – Tori Amos

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Fear

I was kind of surprised to learn how controlling I am. I never thought of myself in that way. I think the root of the control issues is usually fear, because you want to know whats going to be happening at any given moment. – Michelle Pfeiffer

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Fear

The secret of life is to have no fear its the only way to function. – Stokely Carmichael

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Fear

Being brave isnt the absence of fear. Being brave is having that fear but finding a way through it. – Bear Grylls

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Fear

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I went to college at the University of Kansas, where I got a degree in political science. – Sara Paretsky

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Graduation

I wish I had the energy that my grandchildren have — if only for self-defense. – Gene Perret

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Grandparents

From the naturalistic point of view, all men are equal. There are only two exceptions to this rule of naturalistic equality: geniuses and idiots. – Mikhail Bakunin

Category:
Equality

If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater… suggest that he wear a tail. – Fran Lebowitz

Category:
Clothing