"Fear is the root of all courage"

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Source : "Sir Henry at Rawlinson End". Comedy recording by Vivian Stanshall, 1978.

Vivian Stanshall

“Its great grass at Anfield, professional grass.”
“And we are never too old to study the Bible. Each time the lessons are studied comes some new meaning, some new thought which will make us better.”
“We have gotten away from this double aspect of either putting the character back into historical events or of making a historical event of his very life.”
“These days the temptation to use ***** in sports has become too great for many young athletes.”
“Don't let your want for perfection become procrastination”
“I only wish my brother David had survived to experience Berkeley as well. No one would flinch here if we were to walk down the street together, whereas in Indiana we were constantly met with hostility. I don't believe in heaven, but this is about as close to heaven on earth as I imagine getting.”
“Don't sign your name between worlds, surmount the manifold of meanings, trust the tearstain, learn to live.”

Source : Paul. Celan (2011). “Glottal Stop: 101 Poems by Paul Celan”, p.108, Wesleyan University Press
“I don't back down. I don't cave when the pressure gets too great from these partisan political ideological forces.”

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