Quote by Polly Toynbee
Most people come to fear not death itself, but the many terrible w

Most people come to fear not death itself, but the many terrible ways of dying. – Polly Toynbee

Other quotes by Polly Toynbee

There is all the difference in the world between teaching children about religion and handing them over to be taught by the religious. – Polly Toynbee

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Religion
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But how odd that in this heathen nation of empty pews, where churches bare, ruined choirs are converted into luxury loft living, a Labour government – yes, a Labour government – is deliberately creating a huge expansion of faith schools. – Polly Toynbee

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Faith
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It is now possible to quantify peoples levels of happiness pretty accurately by asking them, by observation, and by measuring electrical activity in the brain, in degrees from terrible pain to sublime joy. – Polly Toynbee

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Happiness
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The thinner the ice, the more anxious is everyone to see whether it will bear. – Josh Billings

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Fear

Terror is as much a part of the concept of truth as runniness is of the concept of jam. We wouldnt like jam if it didnt, by its very nature, ooze. We wouldnt like truth if it wasnt sticky, if, from time to time, it didnt ooze blood. – Jean Baudrillard

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Fear

Fear rules almost every newsroom in the country. – Dan Rather

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Fear

If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed. – Albert Einstein

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Fear

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There are those who so dislike the nude that they find something indecent in the naked truth. – Francis H. Bradley

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I believe that if youre healthy, youre capable of doing everything. Theres no one else who can give you health but God, and by being healthy I believe that God is listening to me. – Pedro Martinez

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