959 private quotes tagged fear

“By action and reaction do we become strong or weak, according to the character of our thoughts and mental states. Fear is the deadly nightshade of the mind.” — Edward Walker

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“It is the privilege of those who fear love to murder those who do not fear it!” — May Sarton

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“Americans have an abiding belief in their ability to control reality by purely material means... airline insurance replaces the fear of death with the comforting prospect of cash.” — Cecil Beaton

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“When you say 'fear of the unknown', that is the definition of fear fear is the unknown, fear is what you do not know, and it's genetically within us so that we feel safe. We feel scared of the woods because we're not familiar with it, and that keeps you safe.” — M. Night Shyamalan

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“I think that my vampires in general were influenced by my being allowed to watch the Hammer vampire films. Vampire Circus, also shown as Circus of Fear, was one of those movies.” — Laurell K. Hamilton

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“With all of the divisiveness that is going on in the country we live in, so much of it is based around just fear of the other. And anyone who does not look like me, walk like me, talk like me, have sex like me, they're the other and I'm afraid of them. And hopefully we will learn that it's just not scary. There's nothing to be afraid of.” — Ellen Barkin

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“What's powerful about a love scene is not seeing the act. It's seeing the passion, the need, the desire, the caring, the fear.” — Patrick Swayze

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“China, in the future, is going to have even more nuclear capability than it has had in the past. I don't believe that they have anything to fear from the United States, and I frankly don't believe they do fear the United States.” — Paul Wolfowitz

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“My biggest fear in life is to be average.” — M. Night Shyamalan

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“It sometimes is just the fear of being misunderstood.” — Terry Gross

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“There's always an element of fear that you need to work a lot until people get sick and tired of you or finally figure out that you're a fraud after all!” — Ben Stiller

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“The way you deal with a scare is the way you deal with a laugh. The timing has to be perfect. When you're dealing with fear or laughter - emotions that happen spontaneously - you hope it's working. But in the moment, you really have no idea.” — Patrick Wilson

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“There's a connection between the advances that are made in technology and the sense of primitive fear people develop in response to it.” — Don DeLillo

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“I play with a fear of letting people down. That's what motivates me.” — Jonny Wilkinson

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“If you believe in yourself, if you are without fear, you will also be tolerant, non-aggressive and find love.” — Rollo Armstrong

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“I was horrified when Richard Chamberlain and Rupert Everett said gay actors should stay in the closet. They were saying to people that they should live a lie and not be liberated, to live in fear of being found out.” — Alan C-----g

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“In terms of fear, I still am most afraid of Freddie Kruger.” — Andrew Mason

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“I like normal stuff people fear - like spiders and heights. I'm frightened by the unknown, by things that are hard to figure out and get a grip on.” — Haley Joel Osment

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“Being aware of your fear is smart. Overcoming it is the mark of a successful person.” — Seth Godin

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“Many a time freedom has been rolled back - and always for the same sorry reason: fear.” — Molly Ivins

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“Every move we make in fear of the next war in fact hastens it.” — Gregory Bateson

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“Fear may very well be a caveman fear of the predator, of the giant lizard chasing them - maybe that's what Steven Spielberg connects with so well in Lost World.” — Oliver Stone

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“We will be safer from terrorist attack only when we have earned the respect of all other nations instead of their fear, respect for our values and not merely our weapons.” — Theodore C. Sorensen

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“Why fear death? It is the most beautiful adventure in life.” — Charles Frohman

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“I've been quite fascinated by the relative insignificance of human existence, the shortness of life. We might as well be a letter in a word in a sentence on a page in a book in a library in a city in one country in this enormous universe! And that kind of fear and insignificance has kept me awake at night.” — Laura Marling

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