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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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Hundreds of hysterical persons must confuse these phenomena with messages from the beyond and take their glory to the bishop rather than the eye doctor. – James Thurber

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Sight
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James Thurber
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Im 65 and I guess that puts me in with the geriatrics. But if there were fifteen months in every year, Id only be 48. Thats the trouble with us. We number everything. Take women, for example. I think they deserve to have more than twelve years between the ages of 28 and 40. – James Thurber

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Women
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James Thurber
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Fear
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I am very interested in what has been called bad taste. I believe the fear of displaying a soi-disant bad taste stops us from venturing into special cultural zones. – Manuel Puig

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Fear

I would sum up my fear about the future in one word: boring. And thats my one fear: that everything has happened nothing exciting or new or interesting is ever going to happen again… the future is just going to be a vast, conforming suburb of the soul. – J. G. Ballard

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Fear

Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate. – John F. Kennedy

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Fear

To have a great man for an intimate friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it those who have, fear it. – Homer

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Fear

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All the works of man have their origin in creative fantasy. What right have we then to depreciate imagination. – Carl Jung

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Imagination

Music and politics are in essence about communication. Without over-stretching the analogy I do feel a sense of rhythm is important in getting your message across. – Charles Kennedy

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communication

Good manners: The noise you don’t make when you’re eating soup. – Bennett Cerf

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Civilization

History knows that it can wait for more evidence and review its older verdicts; it offers an endless series of courts of appeal, and is ever ready to reopen closed cases. – William Stubbs

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History