"Everything I've ever done was out of fear of being mediocre."

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"Throughout the evolution of mankind our very much primordial ancestors had one thing in common, it was ignorance. This ignorance gave birth to fear. Fear of the unknown became a quintessential element of their daily survival. To ace the intensity of the fear, rituals of worship arose."

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Stephen King, American Author

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Steven Redhead, British Author

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"The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead."

Albert Einstein, German Scientist

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"Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself."

"I believe that men are generally still a little afraid of the dark though the witches are all hung, and Christianity and candles have been introduced."

"At three in the morning the gaudy paint is off that old whore, the world, and she has no nose and a glass eye. Gaiety becomes hollow and brittle, as in Poe's castle surrounded by the Red Death. Horror is destroyed by boredom. Love is a dream."

"Fear attracts attack."

"It is not that I was credulous, simply that I belived in all things dark and dangerous. It was part of my young creed that the night was full of ghosts and witches, hungry and flapping and dressed completely in black."

"Throughout the evolution of mankind our very much primordial ancestors had one thing in common, it was ignorance. This ignorance gave birth to fear. Fear of the unknown became a quintessential element of their daily survival. To ace the intensity of the fear, rituals of worship arose."

"We are too scared to be real!"

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"Fear is a society induced state of confusion."

"The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead."

Explore more quotes by Chet Atkins

"Do it again on the next verse, and people think you meant it."

"A long apprenticeship is the most logical way to success. The only alternative is overnight stardom, but I can't give you a formula for that."

"If you hear something you like, and you're halfway like the public, chances are they'll like it too."

"Years from now, after I'm gone, someone will listen to what I've done and know I was here. They may not know or care who I was, but they'll hear my guitars speaking for me."

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"Everything I've ever done was out of fear of being mediocre."