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"Then the dwarves forgot their joy and their confident boasts of a moment before and cowered down in fright. Smaug was still to be reckoned with. It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him."
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"I'm not afraid to die. What I'm afraid of is having reality get the better of me, of having reality leave me behind."
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"Fear is a disease of mind we inherit from society."
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"Fear deprives us the fullness of existence."
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"Some mysteries bite and barkand come to get you in the dark."
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"A monster's worst fear is of being found."
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"Fear is a part of life. It's a warning mechanism. That's all. It tells you when there's danger around. Its job is to help you survive. Not cripple you into being unable to do it."
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"Until you break through the walls of fear, you will not be able to reach the door of opportunity."
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"How could I have been so ignorant? she thinks. So stupid, so unseeing, so given over to carelessness. But without such ignorance, such carelessness, how could we live? If you knew what was going to happen, if you knew everything that was going to happen next-if you knew in advance the consequences of your own actions-you'd be doomed. You'd be as ruined as God. You'd be a stone. You'd never eat or drink or laugh or get out of bed in the morning. You'd never love anyone, ever again. You'd never dare to."
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"So many horrid Ghosts."
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"I believe that you should gravitate to people who are doing productive and positive things with their lives."
Positive
"I don't run away from a challenge because I am afraid. Instead, I run toward it because the only way to escape fear is to trample it beneath your feet."
Fear
"My marriage to my husband, Bart Conner in 1996 is my proudest personal moment."
Marriage
"I have had a few turning points, the first day I entered a gymnastics school at age 6."
Age
"Of course, I grew up in Communist Romania, but I am happy to say that now our country is democratic, and prospering, since the revolution in 1989."
Nation
"My parents were very loving, but disciplinarians."
Parenting
"Of course, most people remember that I received the first perfect 10 in Olympic gymnastics competition."
People
"One of the most difficult times in my life was when I escaped from Romania in November of 1989."
Life
"I worked hard in gymnastics since the time I was six years old until I retired at 23 years of age."
Age
"We are not coaching on a daily basis because we often travel with our charity and commercial interests."
Travel
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