"The first and great commandment is: Don't let them scare you."

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Source : 'But We Were Born Free' (1954) ch. 1

Elmer Davis

#Fear Quotes #Scare Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“So many people glorify and romanticize 'busy.' I do not. I value purpose. I believe in resting in reason and moving in passion. If youâ€™re always busy/moving, you will miss important details. I like the mountain. Still, but when it moves, lands shift and earth quakes.”
“Do you have children? she asked. No. Why? The man answered that one had to have faith in the world to have children.”

Source : Alessandro Baricco (2004). “Without Blood”, p.40, Canongate Books
“People get so burned out on hearing about sexism, but you know what? I would love to burn out on it. I would love to never talk about that again, but until we're all equal I shall have to fight, and remain fighting.”

Source : "Exclusive Interview: Rose McGowan: The Agitator". Interview with Laura Dawn, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“For my money, insecurity, depression, etc, can be healed by way of El Morocco, sad songs at 4am, and the pop of a champagne cork”
“For Art may err, but Nature cannot miss.”
“Its sad that governments are chiefed by the double tongues.”
“I can't stand by and allow tens of thousands of innocent people to be slaughtered for lies.”
“For me, the moral difficulties lie in the continual pressure brought to bear on my friends and immediate family, pressure which is not directed against me personally but which at the same time is all around me.”

Source : "Andrei Sakharov/ Biographical". www.nobelprize.org.

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