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Victoria Jansen

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“The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.”
― George Orwell

tags: history, propaganda, rewriting-history

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“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune

tags: bene-gesserit, fear, litany-against-fear, motivational, scifi

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“Life is pain, highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something.”
― William Goldman, Four Screenplays with Essays: Marathon Man - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - The Princess Bride - Misery

tags: life, pain

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“Never run from anything immortal. It only attracts their attention.”
― 19, Psychomotor Agitation: A Vivisection

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“Great heroes need great sorrows and burdens, or half their greatness goes unnoticed. It is all part of the fairy tale.”
― Peter S. Beagle, The Last Unicorn

tags: heroes, inspirational

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