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Quote by James Thurber
But what is all this fear of and opposition to Oblivion? What is t

But what is all this fear of and opposition to Oblivion? What is the matter with the soft Darkness, the Dreamless Sleep? – James Thurber

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You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward. – James Thurber

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Risk
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The story of Harold Ross, the New Yorker and me is a mere footnote to the story of our time, and we might as well face the truth that to researchers of the future, poking about among the ruins of time, we shall all be tiny glitters. But then, so are diamonds. – James Thurber

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Jewelry
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The animals that depend on instinct have an inherent knowledge of the laws of economics and of how to apply them Man, with his powers of reason, has reduced economics to the level of a farce which is at once funnier and more tragic than Tobacco Road. – James Thurber

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Knowledge
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I fear only God, all praises to Him. – Muqtada al Sadr

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Fear

I have no fear that the result of our experiment will be that men may be trusted to govern themselves without a master. – Thomas Jefferson

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Fear

A man who is not afraid is not aggressive, a man who has no sense of fear of any kind is really a free, a peaceful man. – Jiddu Krishnamurti

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Fear

Worry does not mean fear, but readiness for the confrontation. – Bashar al-Assad

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Fear

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We were succeeding. When you looked at specifics, this became a war of attrition. We were winning. – William Westmoreland

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The latest horror to hit the U.S. looks to have been caused by people of Middle Eastern origin, bearing Muslim names. Again, shame. This fuels more hatred for a religion and a people who have nothing to do with these events. – Cat Stevens

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Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us nowhere do they touch upon absolute truth. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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You dont hate history, you hate the way it was taught to you in high school. – Stephen Ambrose

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