Vicki GroveI believe fear of what we do not know may be the devil's best tool, meant to keep us back from those we long to approach.
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Carl Sagan, the famous astronomer and astrobiologist, once said, "One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we've been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We're no longer interested in finding out the truth." This is what happens when people are afraid to believe that something may be true.
Source: Rhiannon
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