Quote by Anton Chekhov
The thirst for powerful sensations takes the upper hand both over

The thirst for powerful sensations takes the upper hand both over fear and over compassion for the grief of others. – Anton Chekhov

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When youre thirsty and it seems that you could drink the entire ocean thats faith when you start to drink and finish only a glass or two thats science. – Anton Chekhov

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Faith
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To judge between good or bad, between successful and unsuccessful would take the eye of a God. – Anton Chekhov

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God
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Wherever there is degeneration and apathy, there also is sexual perversion, cold depravity, miscarriage, premature old age, grumbling youth, there is a decline in the arts, indifference to science, and injustice in all its forms. – Anton Chekhov

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The books that will never be read. And all due to the fear of censorship. As always, young readers will be the real losers. – Judy Blume

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When you say fear of the unknown, that is the definition of fear fear is the unknown, fear is what you do not know, and its genetically within us so that we feel safe. We feel scared of the woods because were not familiar with it, and that keeps you safe. – M. Night Shyamalan

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I dont think that fundamentalism has anything to do with Jesus Christ. They call themselves Christians, but if thats Christian, count me out. Fundamentalism is built on fear and greed. Theyre telling you to give them your money otherwise youre going to hell. – Matthew Fox

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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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War is mainly a catalogue of blunders. – Winston Churchill

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I hope it is true that a man can die and yet not only live in others but give them life, and not only life, but that great consciousness of life. – Jack Kerouac

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great

Neither science, nor the politics in power, nor the mass media, nor business, nor the law nor even the military are in a position to define or control risks rationally. – Ulrich Beck

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Not even old age knows how to love death. – Sophocles

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