Fear Quotes
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I was a bit scared because I came from the acting world. There was a fear that people would think of me kind of as a joke. But really, people think of me as a country artist who can act. That's my favorite compliment.
Jana Kramer
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The fear of infinity is a form of myopia that destroys the possibility of seeing the actual infinite, even though it in its highest form has created and sustains us, and in its secondary transfinite forms occurs all around us and even inhabits our minds.
Georg Cantor
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I always tell my children, 'You have to face your fear. If not, it's like running from a dog that will bite you in the back.'
Jaclyn Smith
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When strong, be merciful, if you would have the respect, not the fear of your neighbors.
Chilon of Sparta
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Nothing is really typical of my efforts... I'm simply casting about for better ways to crystallise and capture certain strong impressions (involving the elements of time, the unknown, cause and effect, fear, scenic and architectural beauty, and other seemingly ill-assorted things) which persist in clamouring for expression.
H. P. Lovecraft
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Fear is the tool of a man-made devil. Self-confident faith in one's self is both the man-made weapon which defeats this devil and the man-made tool which builds a triumphant life. And it is more than that. It is a link to the irresistible forces of the universe which stand behind a man who does not believe in failure and defeat as being anything but temporary experiences.
Napoleon Hill
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If I die a violent death, as some fear and a few are plotting, I know that the violence will be in the thought and the action of the assassins, not in my dying.
Indira Gandhi
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The greatest problem about old age is the fear that it may go on too long.
A. J. P. Taylor
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I am going to fight - I, a socialist and Syndicalist - so that we shall make an end to war, so that the little ones of France will sleep in peace, and the women go without fear.
Philip Gibbs
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A victim of God may,Through learning adaption,Become a partner of God,A victim of God may,Through forethought and planning,Become a shaper of God.Or a victim of God may,Through shortsightedness and fear,Remain God’s victim,God’s plaything,God’s prey.
Octavia E. Butler
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Let us therefore be of a reverent spirit, and fear the long-suffering of God, that it tend not to our condemnation.
Ignatius of Antioch
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I think it is important to ask ourselves as citizens, not as Democrats attacking the administration, but as citizens, whether a world power can really provide global leadership on the basis of fear and anxiety?
Zbigniew Brzezinski
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Frankly, I have always dreaded writing - there always seemed to be pain involved, unpleasant self-examination and a lot of fear.
Trent Reznor
Nine Inch Nails
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I do fear death. But what I actually fear is not dying. I mean, true, it will be sad. But I know that there is a better place waiting for me.
Mattie Stepanek
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I wake up every morning feeling lucky - which is driven by fear, no doubt, since I know it could all go away.
Natasha Richardson
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[Short Talk on Sylvia Plath] Did you see her mother on television? She said plain, burned things. She said I thought it an excellent poem but it hurt me. She did not say jungle fear. She did not say jungle hatred wild jungle weeping chop it back chop it. She said self-government she said end of the road. She did not say humming in the middle of the air what you came for chop.
Anne Carson
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Fear obscures reason, intensifies emotions, and makes it easier for demagogic politicians to mobilize the public on behalf of the policies they want to pursue.
Zbigniew Brzezinski
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People are so used to having their lives filmed, they're not even conscious of having cameras around. I still have that sort of suspicion when a camera comes out. I view it as a thing to fear.
Sade Adu
