Gavin de Becker Quotes
Most men fear getting laughed at or humiliated by a romantic prospect while most women fear rape and death.
Gavin de Becker
Quotes to Explore
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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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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.
Aaron Patzer
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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.
S. C. Gwynne
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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.
Randa Abdel-Fattah
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Sometimes fear is used as a way to control.
Val McDermid
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I don't know if it's possible to live the rock 'n roll lifestyle and still be romantic.
Adam Levine
Maroon 5
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There's only one of us here: What we give to others, we give to ourselves. What we withhold from others, we withhold from ourselves. In any moment, when we choose fear instead of love, we deny ourselves the experience of Paradise.
Marianne Williamson
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I'm influenced by Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grappelly, Roland Kirk, John Coltrane, B.B. King, and then by bluegrass. But when I was 16, bluegrass wasn't cool. We was rock n' rollers then: Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis.
Dickey Betts
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I'm really into fashion, but I don't really spend that much on clothes. I manage to find everything I want at a good price.
Gabrielle Aplin
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The more that TV pundits reduce serious debates into silly arguments, and big issues into sound bites, our citizens turn away.
Barack Obama
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You need to be proactive, carve out time in your schedule, and take responsibility for being the healthiest person you can be - no one else is going to do it for you.
Mehmet Oz
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Most men fear getting laughed at or humiliated by a romantic prospect while most women fear rape and death.
Gavin de Becker
