Gavin de Becker Quotes
Most men fear getting laughed at or humiliated by a romantic prospect while most women fear rape and death.

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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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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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Science is like a love affair with nature; an elusive, tantalising mistress. It has all the turbulence, twists and turns of romantic love, but that's part of the game.
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My dad, Donald, was a vet and had a practice in Yorkshire. Cats and dogs were his bread and butter, but his greatest love was large animals.
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But the main thing is that medication, too, is not all the help.
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And yet, I suppose you mourn the loss or the death of what you thought your life was, even if you find your life is better after. You mourn the future that you thought you'd planned.
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My task is to throw a light on that which we must always love and revere, of which no subsequent knowledge can rob us: man in his greatness.
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Most men fear getting laughed at or humiliated by a romantic prospect while most women fear rape and death.