Bear Grylls Quotes
I am not fearless. I get scared plenty. But I have also learned how to channel that emotion to sharpen me.
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I like being scared, so I've always liked fairy tales because they're kind of creepy.
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I am in agreement with income-tax protesters that the tax, as commonly applied, is unconstitutional, unfair, and immoral.
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It seemed to me that the real philosophical breakthroughs of the 20th century were in terms of the understanding of language. What is language? Where does it come from, how does it work, what does it do?
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What can you do if a part of it is uphill? You can't work out another route. You've just got to run the one they give you. But they tell me London is a nice course. Even the cobbles, I hope, are not very much of a problem for me.
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I am a worrier. I worry about the state of our country, of the world, of our species. Every day seems to deliver a new nail to hammer into our collective coffin.
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Be original; don't be scared of being bold!
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I wear my Viking helmet because the horns define how sharp my brains are. If you try to rub me the wrong way, I will stick you with both of my horns.
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Writers write for one reason: to create an emotion in the reader, to reach across and make them feel something. You want a reaction. Yeah, it's nicer when the reaction is to throw flowers than it is to throw brickbats, but you have to accept both equally.
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I have a fearless but neutral personality.
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Film has always been a really good tool for me to communicate emotion about why I create a collection. I'm probably one of the first designers to make short films.
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Drugs scared me.
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I know from an editor's point of view or a publisher's point of view it's easier to slot me into a particular niche. But I know that I'd be bored unless I wrote a book that in some senses was a challenge.
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He does all research now, but he put me on some medication, Zoloft, and, I tell you what, a lot of people have had pros and cons about it, but it was my wonder drug.
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My camps are always ten weeks. That's what makes me comfortable.
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I took this 'how to build computers' course basically because I'm sick and tired of getting ripped off by cheesy computer companies. Software baffles me. I like hardware. I used to change my own oil, and now I want to build my own computer so I can have what I want.
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I like to try all kinds of styles so it always challenges me and forces me to try to look different.
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I am a common man. Why do I need security?
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Love isn't an emotion or an instinct - it's an art.
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humor bears the closest relation to emotion, either bubbling up as from a deep and happy wellspring, or in an opposite fashion rising like a re-birth of feeling from dead levels after turmoil.
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Sometimes the gifts of God aren't wrapped as we expect.
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I had been out of form during the last two weeks and I wanted to show the coaching staff I was back to my best. We didn't want the wooden spoon either.
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I was into punk, but I didn't go whole-hog. A lot of kids who grew up in small towns that were into punk music went the "safe" way - not doing drugs, being straight edge.
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Of my four marriages, the one to Bob Levitt is the only one I don't regret.
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I am not fearless. I get scared plenty. But I have also learned how to channel that emotion to sharpen me.
