Fear Quote by Kenneth Tynan

“A useful word previously unknown to me: 'ergophobia', meaning 'fear or hatred of work'. At last I can define myself in one word.”

Kenneth Tynan

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Show me a congenital eavesdropper with the instincts of a Peeping Tom and I will show you the making of a dramatist.

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