Elizabeth Wein Quotes

I am no longer afraid of getting old. Indeed I can't believe I ever said anything so stupid. So childish. So offensive and arrogant. But mainly, so very, very stupid. I desperately want to grow old.

Elizabeth Wein

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• Not Believe
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• I was brought up in a very poor and very violent household. I spent much of my childhood being afraid.

  

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• I allow myself to fail. I allow myself to break. I'm not afraid of my flaws.

  

  Lady Gaga
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• In school, I was Martha in 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' I loved that.

  

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  • Loved
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• I'm not afraid of turning 80 and I have lots of things to do. I don't have time for dying.

  

  Ingvar Kamprad
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• It's got to be the ballot or the bullet. The ballot or the bullet. If you're afraid to use an expression like that, you should get back in the cotton patch, you should get back in the alley.

  

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• I'm afraid of everything. But maybe when you're afraid of everything, it sort of seems like you're scared of nothing.

  

  Natalie Portman
  • You
  • Afraid
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• To be afraid is to behave as if the truth were not true.

  

  Bayard Rustin
  • Truth
  • True
  • Afraid

• I tend to write about my anxieties - it's what I'm afraid will happen. And I write a story working it out.

  

  Rainbow Rowell
  • Story
  • Working
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• I love a good cliffhanger. I love when big events happen in shows. I love shows that aren't afraid to take risks and to really do what's best for the story line and realistic for the story line.

  

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  • Best
  • Story
  • Afraid

• I am afraid of privilege, of ease, of entitlement.

  

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  • Afraid
  • Privilege
  • Ease

• I am afraid if the present trend in Vietnam continues that direct confrontation, first of all between Washington and Peking, is inevitable.

  

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  • Present
  • Afraid
  • Washington

• I'm greedy for that satisfaction of doing something hard and knowing that, even though I was afraid I couldn't do it, that somehow I can deliver.

  

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  • Afraid
  • Knowing
  • Satisfaction

• Perhaps he was afraid as I was that we'd be caught. Or perhaps he was breathing me in just as I was letting him come into my lungs, my eyes, my heart.

  

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  • Heart
  • Eyes
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• The reason we all like to think so well of others is that we are all afraid for ourselves. The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Reason
  • Afraid
  • Terror

• One day passes and another day comes along, and everything happens the same. But basically, we are so afraid of the brilliance coming at us, and the sharp experience of our life, that we can't even focus our eyes.

  

  Chogyam Trungpa
  • Life
  • Experience
  • Eyes

• Young children are not prejudiced against languages, unlike many adults, ... They are not afraid of having a go, of interacting with others linguistically. Later on, their hormones tend to get in the way.

  

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  • Children
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• I'm not the guy who's afraid of failure. I like to take risks, take the big shot and all that.

  

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  • Failure
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• I asked myself childish questions and proceeded to answer them.

  

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  • Asked

• I’m not afraid of anything but I’m definitely partial to certain things like protecting myself, taking the necessary measures to make sure that the protection is in place.

  

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• Life can only be lived once. Don't be afraid to show who you really are. If your true self bothers other people, that's their problem, not yours.

  

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  • Problem
  • Afraid

• Man has used human rhythmic movement as raw material out of which to create works of art, as the composer of music uses sound, the sculptor uses stone and wood, the painter his pigments, and the writer - words.

  

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  • Art
  • Words

• Monks will have three begging bowls for their food: one for water, one for liquid food, one for dry food.

  

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  • Food
  • Water
  • Bowls

• I have 137 pairs of shoes and 200 pairs of jeans.

  

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  • Jeans
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• I am no longer afraid of getting old. Indeed I can't believe I ever said anything so stupid. So childish. So offensive and arrogant. But mainly, so very, very stupid. I desperately want to grow old.

  

  Elizabeth Wein
  • Afraid
  • Arrogant
  • Not Believe