Gavin de Becker Quotes
Most men fear getting laughed at or humiliated by a romantic prospect while most women fear rape and death.
Quotes to Explore
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I won't allow myself to have tremendous fear.
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You've got to be taught to hate and fear.
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I don't understand why every guy is not a romantic. I enjoy it.
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I am a hopeless romantic and I love to spoil my girlfriends.
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Valentine's Day itself, like most holidays in the modern era, has been heavily influenced by commercialism that focuses on the appeal of romantic fantasies.
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You don't have to fear defeat if you believe it may reveal powers that you didn't know you possessed.
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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.
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After building most of Mint.com's prototype by myself, I talked to anyone and everyone I knew about Mint. It's counter-intuitive, because you might fear someone will steal your idea, but it's the only way to make connections, be sure you're on the right track, and provide a solution for an audience broader than yourself.
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You want to know why there's a Texas Rangers? Well, here's the answer. You know how the six-gun came around? Well, here's the answer. You want to know why Mexicans allowed Americans to settle Texas in the first place? It was fear of Comanches.
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Most Muslim women know it is fear and curiosity that cause people to stare. They know it is ignorance and stereotypes that cause people to suppose that a piece of material covering the hair strips a woman of the ability to speak English, pursue a career, work a remote control.
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These women were taking over these former manufacturing warehouses in SoHo and figuring out a way to be fashionable and viable without money. It's hard to imagine a life like that in Manhattan now - there's something romantic about it.
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Sometimes fear is used as a way to control.
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I don't know if it's possible to live the rock 'n roll lifestyle and still be romantic.
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When something comes up that attacks people's beliefs, their first reaction tends to be fear.
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When you start off acting, it does seem very romantic, and the make-believe part of it all seems very exciting. It's only later that you begin to realize how fascinating the work is - that it's a bottomless pit, and you never get to the end of it.
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I think the beauty of the writing of 'Game of Thrones' is not that the characters are fearless; it's how they overcome their fear, you know?
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I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.
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My apartment is the equivalent of one room in my Toronto home. Now I understand why New Yorkers are on the streets at all hours. People don't want to stay inside for fear they'll go crazy.
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I can't think of a more pathetic situation for an actor than to do a film and not connect to it. And I pray to God that I never face that situation.
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Good thoughts bear good fruit, bad thoughts bear bad fruit.
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The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.
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Far from trying to rig the system, I have spent decades opposing cronyism and all political favors, including mandates, subsidies and protective tariffs - even when we benefit from them.
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Most men fear getting laughed at or humiliated by a romantic prospect while most women fear rape and death.
