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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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Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will be grasped at once. – Cyril Connolly

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The civilized are those who get more out of life than the uncivilized, and for this we are not likely to be forgiven. – Cyril Connolly

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Who sows fear, reaps weapons. – Friedrich Durrenmatt

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Youre not human if you dont feel fear. But Ive learnt to treat fear as an emotion that sharpens me. Its there to give me that edge for what I have to do. – Bear Grylls

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Let the fear of danger be a spur to prevent it he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger. – Francis Quarles

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I will show you fear in a handful of dust. – T. S. Eliot

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If a man who enjoys a lesser happiness beholds a greater one, let him leave aside the lesser to gain the greater. – Buddha

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It is just as impossible to help reform by conciliating prejudice as it is by buying votes. Prejudice is the enemy. Whoever is not for you is against you. – John Jay Chapman

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I enjoy sports. I get a real joy from playing sports but I dont look for those movies. Oliver Stone wanted to know if I would do Any Given Sunday and it just didnt appeal to me. – Kevin Costner

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