Alan Paton Quotes
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 have a ridiculous fear of sharks but I'd jump in the water in a second for an amazing role.
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Everyone wishes that the man whom he fears would perish.
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We have nothing to fear but fear itself... and, of course, the boogieman.
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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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Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.
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Sometimes, fear is good. Sometimes it's a good thing to have a little bit of a reality check.
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I believe that often people even stay in bad relationships longer than they should because the fear of the pain of dating is scarier than the pain of a bad relationship!
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I don't fear anything now.
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Fear can make all of us do the wrong things sometimes.
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I would love for Senator Cruz, and everyone creating fear mongering and hatred, to consider creating hope, optimism and love.
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To overcome any sort of fear is satisfying, and to overcome it well is even better.
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The slave girl is reared in an atmosphere of licentiousness and fear.
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I still believe many poets begin in fear and hope: fear that the poetic past will turn out to be a monologue rather than a conversation. And hope that their voice can be heard as that past turns into a future.
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The biggest challenge or biggest crisis knocking on the doors of humankind is fear and intolerance.
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You know, people understand fear and opportunity. It may look different, but it's really the same thing.
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I am convinced that it is not the fear of death, of our lives ending that haunts our sleep so much as the fear... that as far as the world is concerned, we might as well never have lived.
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When I write, I don't allow the fear of consequences to interfere with the writing process. I have in the past paid for my commitment to the truth and the way I live my life. I am prepared to pay more if I have to.
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On the subject of religious belief, we relax standards of reasonableness and evidence that we rely on in every other area of our lives. We relax so totally that people believe the most ludicrous propositions, and are willing to organize their lives around them.
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This is my life. Born in a generation that craves distraction and escape. We are, after all, kids trapped in adult bodies. Kinda makes you wonder how we'll change the world.
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Heart has always been a rock band. It's always been hard-rock.
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How can we set up a system which encourages individuals to strive and excel, and yet which shows some compassion to the weak, and weeds out madmen and tyrants?
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For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much.
