Scott Stossel There’s a vast encyclopedia of fears and phobias, and pretty much any object, experience, situation you can think of, there is someone who has a phobia of it. – Scott Stossel Encyclopedia Quotes Experience Quotes Fears Quotes Object Quotes Phobia Quotes Phobias Quotes Pretty Quotes Situation Quotes Vast Quotes The fear of vomiting, which for me is one of the most original and most acute of my fears, is actually fairly common. Emetophobia, it’s called, and by some estimates, it’s the fifth most common specific phobia. When I was 5 and my sister was 3, we went on a family trip, and she ate cheese off the floor at an airport. My mother, a germaphobe, got very upset. My sister, of course, got a stomach virus, and ever since then, I have an aversion to cheese.
Kano As an MC, I come from a background where the onstage experience is freestyle-based: you never know who’s going to join you on stage, or what you’re gonna do, or how long you can stay on. You kind of lose that, once you get on to recording albums and going on tour. Doing Africa Express has brought me back to that excitement – for the unexpected. – Kano
Mohan Joshi I don’t break my head while working on a film or a show. The director is capable enough to bring out the best in all. So, why should I bother with anything? – Mohan Joshi
Roscoe Conkling Without bureaus, committees, officials or emissaries to manufacture sentiment in his favor, without intrigue or effort on his part, Grant is the candidate whose supporters have never threatened to bolt. – Roscoe Conkling
Albert SchweitzerLifeMusicPet There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats. – Albert Schweitzer
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem We have to reappropriate the concept of laicite (secularism) so we can explain to our young pupils that whatever their faith, they belong to this idea, and they’re not excluded. Secularism is not something against them; it protects them. – Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
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