959 private quotes tagged fear

“I fear dying in the middle of a book. It would be so annoying to write 80,000 words and not get to the end. I'm phobic about it. So when I'm writing a book I leave messages all over the house for people to know how the story ends, and then someone can finish it for me.” — Anthony Horowitz

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“When I was younger I used to pick things just to face the fear.” — Vincent D'Onofrio

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“I had a fear of becoming anything, a fear of becoming a specialist. I might have become a doctor, but if you become a doctor, that's your specialty in life and you are defined by it. One of the attractions of being a writer is that you're never a specialist. Your field is entirely open your field is the entire human condition.” — Graham Swift

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“Do what you fear most and you control fear.” — Tom Hopkins

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“I'll think, If this is his first punch, how are the others gonna feel? That's the only fear I have for myself.” — Sugar Ray Leonard

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“Here's what the right-wing has in, there's no shortage of the natural resources of ignorance, apathy, hate, fear. As long as those things are in the collective conscious and unconscious, the Republicans will have some votes.” — Janeane Garofalo

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“'Truth Will Set U Free' is about honesty. My philosophic belief that ultimately being true to yourself is liberating, with every individual's inalienable right to be who they are without fear or recrimination.” — Corey Hart

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“Most fears are basic: fear of the dark, fear of going down in the basement, fear of weird sounds, fear that somebody is waiting for you in your closet. Those kinds of things stay with you no matter what age.” — R. L. Stine

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“My greatest fear: repetition.” — Max Frisch

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“Only weeks after Oslo began, when nearly all the world and most of Israel was drunk with the idea of peace, I argued that a Palestinian society not constrained by democratic norms would be a fear society that would pose a grave threat to Israel.” — Natan Sharansky

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“I'm always interested in trying to investigate different personalities. I want to keep myself guessing and keep the fear element alive, so that I don't get too comfortable.” — Michael Fassbender

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“My optimism is not based primarily on the successful march of democracy in recent times but rather is based on the experience of having lived in a fear society and studied the mechanics of tyranny that sustain such a society.” — Natan Sharansky

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“I think that the problem is that people fear so many things and they don't live life to its fullest. And for me as an artist, if God should want me to come this Wednesday to the end of my life, so be it.” — Criss Angel

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“People feel uncomfortable talking about racial issues out of fear that if they express things, they will be characterized in a way that's not fair. I think that there is still a need for a dialogue about things racial that we've not engaged in.” — Eric Holder

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“I have no doubt that given a real choice, the vast majority of Muslims and Arabs, like everyone else will choose a free society over a fear society.” — Natan Sharansky

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“People may believe that there can be a society where dissent is not permitted, but which is nonetheless not a fear society because everyone agrees with one another and therefore no one wants to dissent.” — Natan Sharansky

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“I fear it's because religion is man's attempt to reach God, and when he feels he has succeeded, he cannot abide anyone else's claim to have done the same.” — Jerry B. Jenkins

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“There is no fear before and no fear after. We give our best.” — Rickie Lee Jones

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“One of the most gratifying things I get as an artist is when people watch me do these different demonstrations, and they in some way feel empowered by what I'm doing so they can confront their own fears. Maybe it's the fear of getting in an elevator maybe it's the fear of going on a plane and seeing the world.” — Criss Angel

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“I approach my character with the question: What would an animal think? How would an animal respond? A lot of times, it's quick action and no fear, and sometimes it's irrational fear. You don't always know.” — Victoria Pratt

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“Fear is the enemy. I distrust it. Any feeling or decision I make that might be motivated by fear I quickly reassess.” — Andrea Riseborough

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“I remember being onstage once when I didn't have fear: I got so scared I didn't have fear that it brought on an anxiety attack.” — Carly Simon

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“What they smell isn't the emotion of fear. What dogs can smell is the changes in a person's skin that suggest fear to the dog, anxiety, the way your skin sweats, the amount of uric acid that suddenly pours out of your pores.” — Robert Crais

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“Of all the hazards, fear is the worst.” — Sam Snead

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“In contrast, fear societies are societies in which dissent is banned.” — Natan Sharansky

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