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Christopher Isherwood Quotes: Horror is always aware of its cause; terror never is. That is precisely what makes terror terrifying.
         

Horror is always aware of its cause; terror never is. That is precisely what makes terror terrifying.


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Only those who are capable of silliness can be called truly intelligent.



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By helping yourself, you are helping humankind. By helping humankind, you are helping yourself. That's the law of all spiritual progress.



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I'll bet Shakespeare compromised himself a lot; anybody who's in the entertainment industry does to some extent.



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Bad writing is bad not just because the language is humdrum, but the quality of the observation is so poor.



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I am a camera, with its shutter open. Someday, all of this will be developed, printed, fixed.



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