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We are, as a species, addicted to story. Even when the body goes to sleep, the mind stays up all night, telling…
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The brain stays up all night telling stories while we sleep. We just call them dreams.
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Human minds yield helplessly to the suction of story. No matter how hard we concentrate, no matter how deep we dig in…
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We are creatures of story, and the process of changing one mind or the whole world must begin with 'Once upon a…
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I have this little neighbor next door. He comes over and tells me about playing Call of Duty, and he's talking about,…
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Fiction seems to be more effective at changing beliefs than nonfiction, which is designed to persuade through argument and evidence. Studies show…
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In my profession more generally, it's not an exaggeration to say that masculinity is viewed as the root of all evil. If…
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Whenever I was confronted in the schoolyard, I found some way to avoid the fight. I ran for it. I backed down.…
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Every isolated passion, is, in isolation, insane; sanity may be defined as synthesis of insanities. Every dominant passion generates a dominant fear,…
— Bertrand Russell
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The fear of meeting the opposition of envy, or the illiberality of ignorance is, no doubt, the frequent cause of preventing many…
— Robert Fulton
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Each one of us, in his timidity, has a limit beyond which he is outraged. It is inevitable that he who by…
— Man Ray
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If you wish to feign confusion in order to lure the enemy on, you must first have perfect discipline; if you wish…
— Du Mu
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A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves…
— Sydney Smith
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What is a fear of living? It's being preeminently afraid of dying. It is not doing what you came here to do,…
— Maya Angelou
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Timidity makes a person modest. It makes him or her say, 'I'm not worthy of being written up in the record of…
— Maya Angelou
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Humility is a virtue; timidity is an illness.
— Jim Rohn
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