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Quote by Etty Hillesum
I think what weakens people most is fear of wasting their strength

I think what weakens people most is fear of wasting their strength. – Etty Hillesum

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We have to fight them daily, like fleas, those many small worries about the morrow, for they sap our energies. – Etty Hillesum

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Worry
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Etty Hillesum
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Ultimately, we have just one moral duty: to reclaim large areas of peace in ourselves, more and more peace, and to reflect it towards others. And the more peace there is in us, the more peace there will be in our troubled world. – Etty Hillesum

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Peace
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Etty Hillesum
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The public is not to see where power lies, how it shapes policy, and for what ends. Rather, people are to hate and fear one another. – Noam Chomsky

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I spoke without fear of contradiction. I simply did not suffer self-doubt. – Elia Kazan

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I fear that the rising personal bankruptcies and repossessions are the first signs of bigger problems to come and personal debt – Gordon Browns legacy to millions of Britains families – will hang like a millstone around the neck of the British people for years to come. – Vince Cable

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Valor grows by daring, fear by holding back. – Publilius Syrus

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