Neil Abramson Quotes
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I won't allow myself to have tremendous fear.
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I think it's one of the main negative emotional ingredients that fuels show business, because there's so much at stake and the fear of failure looms large.
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I'm not afraid of death. What's to fear? Once you're dead, that's it. Nothing. I don't believe in heaven or hell. That's baloney. What matters is the here and now. Yes, I'm 88, and there are things I can't do: I can't run a race or climb Everest. But isn't life magnificent?
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I have shed many tears of pain and indignation.
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My biggest fear in life is to be average.
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The slave girl is reared in an atmosphere of licentiousness and fear.
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The biggest challenge or biggest crisis knocking on the doors of humankind is fear and intolerance.
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We are certainly in a common class with the beasts; every action of animal life is concerned with seeking bodily pleasure and avoiding pain.
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Will dissent be permitted? The answer to that question will determine whether the society is a free society or a fear society.
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'I have no fear of war,' said Arthur Stuart. 'That’s when kings get to show their mettle.''You’re thinking of chess,' said Margaret. 'In war, everyone has their chance to bleed.'
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After a divorce, men’s biggest fear is, typically, losing their children (women’s is poverty).
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We are the boysThat fear no noiseWhere the thundering cannons roar.
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Our biggest fear is that 'Food, Inc.' will move heavy-handed food-safety regulations forward.
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When I sing for myself, I sing in a more free, athletic way. When I face an audience, there is always some fear that makes me put the brakes on a bit.
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There's a little bit of pain in every transition, but we can't let that stop us from making it. If we did, we'd never make any progress at all.
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Why fear death? It is the most beautiful adventure in life.
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When I'm too worn out or in pain, I lie in bed and write in my mind.
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Fear brings out the best in some people and the worst in others. It's a test of character, for individuals and nations.
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I'm done with Everest. I did it three times, and I need to be good at that and be happy with it and focus on other climbs.
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I will indulge my sorrows, and give way to all the pangs and fury of despair.
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To argue that the gaps in knowledge which confront the seeker must be filled, not by patient inquiry, but by intuition or revelation, is simply to give ignorance a gratuitous and preposterous dignity.
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On the cover of 'All the Stars' is a red grosgrain ribbon. It's Loos's ribbon. Ageless, fabulous Loos - she tricked the very people who would have cast her aside like an old shoe if they knew the truth.
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All men are stuck in a kind of fog. They're surrounded by a wall of fog. They think this is perfectly normal, but it's not. It means that since they can't see much beyond their own little situation, they tend to vegetate. They need some immediate stimulus to keep them alert.
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Pain explains a great deal of human conduct, but the fear of pain even more.
