The fear of being deceived is the vulgar version of the quest for Truth.
Emile M. Cioran
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I think I'm a bit less inhibited, and not thinking too much before speaking. It's not about being shameful, I'm just a bit more unabashedly myself because of this thing, and it probably started at age 15. I can be around people and say what I think without fear. -
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I was set free because my greatest fear had been realized, and I still had a daughter who I adored, and I had an old typewriter and a big idea. And so rock bottom became a solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life. -
Fear is the enemy. I distrust it. Any feeling or decision I make that might be motivated by fear I quickly reassess. -
I fear that our true motivation is about oil and our own flailing economy about the failure to destroy Al Qaeda and about revenge.
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