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To seek understanding before taking action, yet to trust my instin

To seek understanding before taking action, yet to trust my instincts when action is called for. Never to avoid danger from fear, never to seek out danger for its own sake. Never to conform to fashion from fear of eccentricity, never to be eccentric from fear of conformity. – Steven Brust

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All literature consists of whatever the writer thinks is cool. The reader will like the book to the degree that he agrees with the writer about whats cool. – Steven Brust

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The roots of homophobia are fear. Fear and more fear. – George Weinberg

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I try to get in quiet time and book time, but really, the only time I ever get that is when Im on an airplane – I have a fear of flying, but I actually love flying because its the only time I can sleep, and its the only time I get to read. – Kesha

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No person who is enthusiastic about his work has anything to fear from life. – Samuel Goldwyn

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My greatest fear is feeling like a professional novelist. Somebody who creates characters, who sits down and has pieces of paper taped to the wall – whats going to happen in this scene, or this act. What I like is for it to be a much more scary, sloppy reflection of who I am. – Jonathan Safran Foer

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Happiness does not come from football awards. Its terrible to correlate happiness with football. Happiness comes from a good job, being able to feed your wife and kids. I dont dream football, I dream the American dream – two cars in a garage, be a happy father. – Barry Sanders

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