"Cowardice, as distinguished from panic, is almost..." - Quote by Ernest Hemingway
Cowardice, as distinguished from panic, is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend the functioning of the imagination. Learning to suspend your imagination and live completely in the very second of the present with no before and no after is the greatest gift a soldier can acquire.
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“Creativity requires the willingness to look stupid.”