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Quote by Virgil Thomson
Try a thing you havent done three times. Once, to get over the fea

Try a thing you havent done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn how to do it. And a third time to figure out whether you like it or not. – Virgil Thomson

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I said to my friends that if I was going to starve, I might as well starve where the food is good. – Virgil Thomson

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There is no greater hell than to be a prisoner of fear. – Ben Jonson

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I think that the problem is that people fear so many things and they dont live life to its fullest. And for me as an artist, if God should want me to come this Wednesday to the end of my life, so be it. – Criss Angel

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Men shrink less from offending one who inspires love than one who inspires fear. – Niccolo Machiavelli

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A book is the only place in which you can examine a fragile thought without breaking it, or explore an explosive idea without fear it will go off in your face. It is one of the few havens remaining where a mans mind can get both provocation and privacy. – Edward P. Morgan

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