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Quote by Salman Rushdie
Vertigo is the conflict between the fear of falling and the desire

Vertigo is the conflict between the fear of falling and the desire to fall. – Salman Rushdie

Other quotes by Salman Rushdie

The idea of the sacred is quite simply one of the most conservative notions in any culture, because it seeks to turn other ideas – uncertainty, progress, change – into crimes. – Salman Rushdie

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Change
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Salman Rushdie
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A poets work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, and stop it going to sleep. – Salman Rushdie

Category:
Poetry
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Other Quotes from
Fear
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It is the privilege of those who fear love to murder those who do not fear it! – May Sarton

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Fear

The Russians feared Ike. They didnt fear me. – Lyndon B. Johnson

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Fear

Fear nothing but what thy industry may prevent be confident of nothing but what fortune cannot defeat it is no less folly to fear what is impossible to be avoided than to be secure when there is a possibility to be deprived. – Francis Quarles

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Fear

I took a Fear of Flying class, and I always missed the class, because I was always flying. – Sara Blakely

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Fear

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A problem well stated is a problem half solved. – Charles F. Kettering

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Miscellaneous

Around 93, 94, the conventional wisdom about the Internet was that it was a toy for academics and researchers. So it was very, very underestimated for about two years. – Marc Andreessen

Category:
Wisdom

If you keep rephrasing the question, it gradually becomes the answer. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Wise Words

When I was in N.W.A. and didnt get paid all the money I was owed, thats when the business side of showbiz hit me. – Ice Cube

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Business