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Quote by Cyril Connolly
As repressed sadists are supposed to become policemen or butchers

As repressed sadists are supposed to become policemen or butchers so those with an irrational fear of life become publishers. – Cyril Connolly

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Nothing dates like hate and in literature a little of it goes a very long way. – Cyril Connolly

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Hate
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Today the function of the artist is to bring imagination to science and science to imagination, where they meet, in the myth. – Cyril Connolly

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Imagination
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In the sex war, thoughtlessness is the weapon of the male, vindictiveness of the female. – Cyril Connolly

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Fear
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I would sort out all the arguments and see which belonged to fear and which to creativeness. Other things being equal, I would make the decision which had the larger number of creative reasons on its side. – Katharine Butler Hathaway

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Theres a connection between the advances that are made in technology and the sense of primitive fear people develop in response to it. – Don DeLillo

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Fear has its use but cowardice has none. – Mahatma Gandhi

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In this life struggle, here I am among you fully cognizant that a true believer has no fear of what God has ordained for him. Those who are visited by fear live only for their present, under the illusion that the world began with them and will end with their departure. – King Hussein I

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Man was predestined to have free will. – Hal Lee Luyah

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I think any period in history can be adapted into interesting fiction, as long as you approach the actual history with respect. – Seth Grahame-Smith

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I guess my religious faith sustained me more than anything else. Family is also very important. If I didnt have children, it would have been too difficult. Even if you are strong, you still need people who would support you all the way. – Corazon Aquino

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