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. . . show the other side, the one that gets people out of bed the next morning, makes them scratch and scrape and fight for their lives because someone is telling them that they're going to be okay.

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Max Brooks
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: May 22
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If you believe you can accomplish everything by cramming at the eleventh hour, by all means, don't lift a finger now. But you may think twice about beginning to build your ark once it has already started raining
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When I believe in my ability to do something, there is no such word as no.
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Fear is the most basic emotion we have. Fear is primal. Fear sells.
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I think Americans are at our best when we recover from a crisis. We've suffered some blows that other countries would have never recovered from.
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There's a word for that kind of lie. Hope.
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I don't know if great times make great men, but I know they can kill them.
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Most people don't believe something can happen until it already has. That's not stupidity or weakness, that's just human nature.
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Zombies don't run. They don't dance. They don't say, More brains. There is no Thriller Night. Those are stereotypes that are perpetrated by Hollywood, which I think is very irresponsible because it can get you killed.
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