“If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement.”
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Michel de Montaigne
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George R.R. Martin
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Bertrand Russell
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Laurell K. Hamilton
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Sylvia Plath
4 quotes“The tongues of hell are dull.”
Edmund Burke
4 quotes“No power so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear.”
Ray Bradbury
4 quotes“You're afraid of making mistakes. Don't be. Mistakes can be profited by.”
Frank Herbert
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