959 private quotes tagged fear

“There is a lot of hype and fear about this much-talked-about prospect of designer babies.” — Leon Kass

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“The books that will never be read. And all due to the fear of censorship. As always, young readers will be the real losers.” — Judy Blume

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“Forty years ago this country went down a rabbit hole in Vietnam and millions died. I fear we're going down a rabbit hole once again - and if people can stop and think and reflect on some of the ideas and issues in this movie, perhaps I've done some d--n good here!” — Errol Morris

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“I live in constant fear of being fired or dropped for that dark part of my work I can't control.” — Lynda Barry

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“Action conquers fear.” — Peter Nivio Zarlenga

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“Part of the reason that the government's fear mongering is succeeding is because so many people are so ignorant, that it is easier for government to frighten people in submission.” — James Bovard

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“I was kind of surprised to learn how controlling I am. I never thought of myself in that way. I think the root of the control issues is usually fear, because you want to know what's going to be happening at any given moment.” — Michelle Pfeiffer

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“Sides are being divided now. It's very obvious. So if you're on the other side of the fence, you're suddenly anti-American. It's breeding fear of being on the wrong side.” — Sam Shepard

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“Hunger and fear are the only realities in dog life: an empty stomach makes a fierce dog.” — Robert Falcon Scott

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“I have a fear of poverty in old age. I have this vision of myself living in a skip and eating cat food. It's because I'm freelance, and I've never had a proper job. I don't have a pension, and my savings are dwindling. I always thought someone would just come along and look after me.” — Jenny Eclair

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“The independent girl is a person before whose wrath only the most rash dare stand, and, they, it must be confessed, with much fear and trembling.” — Lou Henry Hoover

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“The things you fear are undefeatable, not by their nature, but by your approach.” — Jewel

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“There's so much fear involved in trying to do something you don't know how to do that drugs and alcohol can become a big part of your life if you have an addictive personality or are very unsure, which most songwriters are.” — Barry Mann

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“We've all had that fear, that despair of losing someone, or this fierce desire because it's not reciprocated. The less reciprocation there is, the more desire we have.” — Emmanuelle Beart

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“I won't touch on risky, because that's subjective. People are just afraid of things too much. Afraid of things that don't necessarily merit fear.” — Frank Ocean

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“I'm not the type of person to live in fear. I think positively.” — David Guetta

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“I don't want to wake up and be bored. That's probably my greatest fear is to have nothing to do. What better job is there than to play quarterback for an NFL team, and certainly one that I've been on for a long time and had success with? I don't plan on giving it up any time soon.” — Tom Brady

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“I am grateful that I didn't let fear get the best of me. It only holds you back from possibilities and greatness.” — Mariska Hargitay

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“There is a kind of fear, approaching a panic, that's spreading through the Baby Boom Generation, which has suddenly discovered that it will have to provide for its own retirement.” — Ron Chernow

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“A line from one of my 1997 columns - 'Do one thing every day that scares you' - is now widely attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt, though I have yet to see any evidence that she ever said it and I don't believe she did. She said some things about fear, but not that thing.” — Mary Schmich

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“It is said that those whom the gods wish to destroy they first make mad. It may well be that a war neurosis stirred up by propaganda of fear and hatred is the prelude to destruction.” — John Boyd Orr

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“You've got to kick fear to the side, because the payoff is huge.” — Mariska Hargitay

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“In masks outrageous and austere, The years go by in single file But none has merited my fear, And none has quite escaped my smile.” — Elinor Wylie

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“My greatest desire is that the hope that has overcome fear in my country will help vanquish it around the world.” — Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

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“Fear created the first gods in the world.” — Caecilius Statius

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