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"Fear has nothing to do with cowardice. A fellow is only yellow when he lets his fear make him quit."
Jerome Cady
"Fear has nothing to do with cowardice. A fellow is only yellow when he lets his fear make him quit."
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"The worst sorrows in life are not in its losses and misfortunes, but its fears."
A. C. Benson
"The worst sorrows in life are not in its losses and misfortunes, but its fears."
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"Fools rush in where incumbents fear to tread."
Norman Ralph Augustine
"Fools rush in where incumbents fear to tread."
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"Peter's fear of the animals which were shown him was probably not a directly conditioned fear."
Mary C. Jones
"Peter's fear of the animals which were shown him was probably not a directly conditioned fear."
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"We manage the fear, I manage the fear, but it certainly takes its toll, the strain does."
Christiane Amanpour
"We manage the fear, I manage the fear, but it certainly takes its toll, the strain does."
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"Fear of the future is worse than one's present fortune."
Marcus Fabius Quintilian
"Fear of the future is worse than one's present fortune."
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"I don't have a fear of flying; I have a fear of crashing."
Billy Bob Thornton
"I don't have a fear of flying; I have a fear of crashing."
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"It was impossible to reason with a negro-that the only way to keep him in his place was to keep him under fear."
Henry Carter Stuart
"It was impossible to reason with a negro-that the only way to keep him in his place was to keep him under fear."
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"Whenever there is fear, you will get wrong figures."
W. Edwards Deming
"Whenever there is fear, you will get wrong figures."
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"It may be you fear more to deliver judgment upon me than I fear judgment."
Giordano Bruno
"It may be you fear more to deliver judgment upon me than I fear judgment."
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"It seems to me we have been in a rhetorical arms race in this country, with each side unwilling to lay down its weapons for fear - usually justified - the other side would beat them to a pulp."
Pat Sajak
"It seems to me we have been in a rhetorical arms race in this country, with each side unwilling to lay down its weapons for fear - usually justified - the other side would beat them to a pulp."
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"Mysteries I read for fun, so I will probably never write one, for fear of spoiling the fun."
Fred Saberhagen
"Mysteries I read for fun, so I will probably never write one, for fear of spoiling the fun."
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"Fear, born of that stern matron, Responsibility."
William McFee
"Fear, born of that stern matron, Responsibility."
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"Ultimately we know deeply that the other side of every fear is freedom."
Marilyn Ferguson
"Ultimately we know deeply that the other side of every fear is freedom."
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"Fear of the unknown is a terrible fear."
Joan D. Vinge
"Fear of the unknown is a terrible fear."
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"Don't let the fear of striking out hold you back."
Babe Ruth
"Don't let the fear of striking out hold you back."
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"It's not necessary to fear the prospect of failure but to be determined not to fail."
Jimmy Carter
"It's not necessary to fear the prospect of failure but to be determined not to fail."
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"Your children don't have to fear you to respect you."
Michael Madsen
"Your children don't have to fear you to respect you."
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"The great strength of the totalitarian state is that it forces those who fear it to imitate it."
Adolf Hitler
"The great strength of the totalitarian state is that it forces those who fear it to imitate it."
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"We should laugh before being happy, for fear of dying without having laughed."
Jean de la Bruyere
"We should laugh before being happy, for fear of dying without having laughed."
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"Maybe she'd seen too many Japanese horror movies, and maybe it was just a tingle of warning from generations of superstitious ancestors, but suddenly she knew that what Alyssa wanted was not to be saved, but for Shane to join her. In death."
Rachel Caine
"Maybe she'd seen too many Japanese horror movies, and maybe it was just a tingle of warning from generations of superstitious ancestors, but suddenly she knew that what Alyssa wanted was not to be saved, but for Shane to join her. In death."
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"We must not fear daylight just because it almost always illuminates a miserable world."
Rene Magritte
"We must not fear daylight just because it almost always illuminates a miserable world."
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"She became so important to them that they wondered how they had ever managed without her in the past. And the longer she stayed with them the more indispensable she became, so indispensable in fact that their one fear was that she might some day move on."
Michael Ende
"She became so important to them that they wondered how they had ever managed without her in the past. And the longer she stayed with them the more indispensable she became, so indispensable in fact that their one fear was that she might some day move on."
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"Suddenly they were both leaping around him, shouting 'Traitor!' and 'Thought-criminal!', the little girl imitating her brother in every movement. It was somehow slightly frightening, like the gamboling of tiger cubs which will soon grow up into man-eaters."
George Orwell
"Suddenly they were both leaping around him, shouting 'Traitor!' and 'Thought-criminal!', the little girl imitating her brother in every movement. It was somehow slightly frightening, like the gamboling of tiger cubs which will soon grow up into man-eaters."
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"I shrank from the faces and forms by which I was surrounded. They were all fixed faces, full not of possibilities but impossibilities."
C. S. Lewis
"I shrank from the faces and forms by which I was surrounded. They were all fixed faces, full not of possibilities but impossibilities."
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"The constant fear of a performer is to become what is reflected back at you."
Linda Ronstadt
"The constant fear of a performer is to become what is reflected back at you."
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"There is a difference between a military mission and the aspiration for the long-term plans for the country. What we want is a stable enough Afghanistan, able to look after its own security so we can leave without the fear of it imploding... But let's be clear - it's not going to be perfect."
Liam Fox
"There is a difference between a military mission and the aspiration for the long-term plans for the country. What we want is a stable enough Afghanistan, able to look after its own security so we can leave without the fear of it imploding... But let's be clear - it's not going to be perfect."
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"Seeing that a Pilot steers the ship in which we sail, who will never allow us to perish even in the midst of shipwrecks, there is no reason why our minds should be overwhelmed with fear and overcome with weariness."
John Calvin
"Seeing that a Pilot steers the ship in which we sail, who will never allow us to perish even in the midst of shipwrecks, there is no reason why our minds should be overwhelmed with fear and overcome with weariness."
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"Fear is a noose that binds until it strangles."
Jean Toomer
"Fear is a noose that binds until it strangles."
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"He who has conquered doubt and fear has conquered failure."
James Lane Allen
"He who has conquered doubt and fear has conquered failure."
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"The abandoned infant's cry is rage, not fear."
Robert Anton Wilson
"The abandoned infant's cry is rage, not fear."
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"Whether it is the old lady's fear, or the many ghostly traditions of this place, or the crucifix itself, I do not know, but I am not feeling nearly as easy in my mind as usual."
Bram Stoker
"Whether it is the old lady's fear, or the many ghostly traditions of this place, or the crucifix itself, I do not know, but I am not feeling nearly as easy in my mind as usual."
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"One way of watering down the effects of violence is to approach it in a more lighthearted way. I don't mean to say that you laugh when somebody has their arm sawn off, but you can diffuse fear with humour."
Colin Baker
"One way of watering down the effects of violence is to approach it in a more lighthearted way. I don't mean to say that you laugh when somebody has their arm sawn off, but you can diffuse fear with humour."
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"There is fear as to whether Japan, reduced to such a predicament, could ever manage to pay reparations to certain designated Allied Powers without shifting the burden upon the other Allied Powers."
Shigeru Yoshida
"There is fear as to whether Japan, reduced to such a predicament, could ever manage to pay reparations to certain designated Allied Powers without shifting the burden upon the other Allied Powers."
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"When I'm acting, I'm two beings. There's the one monitoring the distance between myself and the camera, making sure I hit my marks, and there is the one driven by this inner fire, this delicious fear."
Jeanne Moreau
"When I'm acting, I'm two beings. There's the one monitoring the distance between myself and the camera, making sure I hit my marks, and there is the one driven by this inner fire, this delicious fear."
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"Alone.Yes,that's the key word, the most awful word in the English tongue. Murder doesn't hold a candle to it and hell is only a poor synonym."
Stephen King
"Alone.Yes,that's the key word, the most awful word in the English tongue. Murder doesn't hold a candle to it and hell is only a poor synonym."
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"As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it."
Chanakya
"As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it."
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"So here we are today with a new conversation. When University of Georgia plays Georgia Tech, it's uniform color versus skin color. We have - we've overcome that level of racial fear."
Jesse Jackson
"So here we are today with a new conversation. When University of Georgia plays Georgia Tech, it's uniform color versus skin color. We have - we've overcome that level of racial fear."
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"I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear."
Rosa Parks
"I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear."
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"Of all the hazards, fear is the worst."
Sam Snead
"Of all the hazards, fear is the worst."
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"I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times."
Bruce Lee
"I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times."
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"She screamed like an assassin was driving a knife into her stomach.She screamed like a thousand birds were pecking at her flesh.She screamed like the palace was burning down around her."
Marissa Meyer
"She screamed like an assassin was driving a knife into her stomach.She screamed like a thousand birds were pecking at her flesh.She screamed like the palace was burning down around her."
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"What terrified me will terrify others; and I need only describe the spectre which had haunted my midnight pillow."
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
"What terrified me will terrify others; and I need only describe the spectre which had haunted my midnight pillow."
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"The fear of burglars is not only the fear of being robbed, but also the fear of a sudden and unexpected clutch out of the darkness."
Elias Canetti
"The fear of burglars is not only the fear of being robbed, but also the fear of a sudden and unexpected clutch out of the darkness."
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"If I wanted to go be social I would. I don't have any fear of that. I don't feel like I'm a shy person at all."
Tobey Maguire
"If I wanted to go be social I would. I don't have any fear of that. I don't feel like I'm a shy person at all."
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"At the end of the day, we must go forward with hope and not backward by fear and division."
Jesse Jackson
"At the end of the day, we must go forward with hope and not backward by fear and division."
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"I believe it is incumbent upon Congress to act aggressively to ameliorate fear and help our country take the essential steps that will make our communities and lives safer."
Paul Gillmor
"I believe it is incumbent upon Congress to act aggressively to ameliorate fear and help our country take the essential steps that will make our communities and lives safer."
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"Failure seldom stops you. What stops you is the fear of failure."
Jack Lemmon
"Failure seldom stops you. What stops you is the fear of failure."
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"Like the Spitfire it was immensely strong: a pilot had no need to fear the danger of pulling the wings off, no matter how desperate the situation became."
Douglas Bader
"Like the Spitfire it was immensely strong: a pilot had no need to fear the danger of pulling the wings off, no matter how desperate the situation became."
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"Authority has every reason to fear the skeptic, for authority can rarely survive in the face of doubt."
Vita Sackville-West
"Authority has every reason to fear the skeptic, for authority can rarely survive in the face of doubt."
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