All of us are born with a set of instinctive fears

Dave Barry
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All of us are born with a set of instinctive fears - of falling, of the dark, of lobsters, of falling on lobsters in the dark, of speaking before a Rotary Club, and of the words Some Assembly Required. ✨ Dave Barry (1984). Babies and Other Hazards of Sex: How to Make a Tiny Person in Only 9 Months, with Tools You Probably Have Around the Home, p.79, Rodale
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