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Fear Quotes

"We confess our bad qualities to others out of fear of appearing naive or ridiculous by not being aware of them."

"We confess our bad qualities to others out of fear of appearing naive or ridiculous by not being aware of them."

Gerald Brenan, English Writer

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"Fear is the highest fence."

"Fear is the highest fence."

Dudley Nichols, American Screenwriter

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"Roosevelt talked not only about Freedom from Fear, but also Freedom from Want."

"Roosevelt talked not only about Freedom from Fear, but also Freedom from Want."

Jeffrey Sachs, American Economist

Fear, Freedom, Want

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"In masks outrageous and austere, The years go by in single file; But none has merited my fear, And none has quite escaped my smile."

"In masks outrageous and austere, The years go by in single file; But none has merited my fear, And none has quite escaped my smile."

Elinor Wylie, American Poet

Fear, Smile, Years

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"Monsters come in all shapes and sizes. Some of them are things people are scared of. Some of them are things that look like things people used to be scared of a long time ago. Sometimes monsters are things people should be scared of, but they aren't."

"Monsters come in all shapes and sizes. Some of them are things people are scared of. Some of them are things that look like things people used to be scared of a long time ago. Sometimes monsters are things people should be scared of, but they aren't."

Neil Gaiman, British Author

Fear, Past, Fearlessness, Human

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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."

"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, Irish Writer

Fear, Feeling, Lady, Mind

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"I would not fear nor wish my fate, but boldly say each night, tomorrow let my sun his beams display, or in clouds hide them; I have lived today."

"I would not fear nor wish my fate, but boldly say each night, tomorrow let my sun his beams display, or in clouds hide them; I have lived today."

Abraham Cowley, English Poet

Fear, Clouds, Fate, Night

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"Fear and I were old buddies, despite my best efforts to the contrary."

"Fear and I were old buddies, despite my best efforts to the contrary."

Peter Straub, American Writer

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"It is not new or unusual for the real Americans, meaning those immigrants who came to America a little bit longer ago, to fear the outsiders, the pretenders, the newcomers."

"It is not new or unusual for the real Americans, meaning those immigrants who came to America a little bit longer ago, to fear the outsiders, the pretenders, the newcomers."

Luis Gutierrez, American Politician

Fear, America, Americans, Meaning

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"When I like someone a lot, I get scared that I'll let them down. My fear of sucking is worst when I feel like someone thinks I'm good."

"When I like someone a lot, I get scared that I'll let them down. My fear of sucking is worst when I feel like someone thinks I'm good."

Casey Affleck, American Actor

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"I think that's still the most primal fear of all humans: to be eaten."

"I think that's still the most primal fear of all humans: to be eaten."

Victor Salva, American Director

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"I don't have a fear of flying; I have a fear of crashing."

"I don't have a fear of flying; I have a fear of crashing."

Billy Bob Thornton, American Actor

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"If I have resistance to something, it means there's something wrong. The resistance to me is a sign of fear."

"If I have resistance to something, it means there's something wrong. The resistance to me is a sign of fear."

Billy Corgan, American Musician

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"But I'm someone who the more afraid I am, the more I want to do it to get the fear over with."

"But I'm someone who the more afraid I am, the more I want to do it to get the fear over with."

Cynthia Weil, American Musician

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"I live in a kind of controlled awareness. I wouldn't call it fear, but it's an awareness. I know I have a responsibility to behave in a certain way. I'm able to do that."

"I live in a kind of controlled awareness. I wouldn't call it fear, but it's an awareness. I know I have a responsibility to behave in a certain way. I'm able to do that."

Mary Tyler Moore, American Actress

Fear, Awareness, Responsibility

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"If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results of a hundred battles."

"If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results of a hundred battles."

Sun Tzu, Chinese Philosopher

Fear, Enemy, Results

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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."

"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, American Entertainer

Fear, Country, Race, Weapons

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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."

"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, Japanese Politician

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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."

"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, French Actress

Fear, Acting, Fire

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"I never discuss a novel while I'm writing it, for fear that talking about it will diminish my desire to write it."

"I never discuss a novel while I'm writing it, for fear that talking about it will diminish my desire to write it."

Dean Koontz, American Author

Fear, Desire, Talking, Will

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"Mysteries I read for fun, so I will probably never write one, for fear of spoiling the fun."

"Mysteries I read for fun, so I will probably never write one, for fear of spoiling the fun."

Fred Saberhagen, American Author

Fear, Fun, Will

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"But now having seen him which is invisible I fear not what man can do unto me."

"But now having seen him which is invisible I fear not what man can do unto me."

Anne Hutchinson, American Clergyman

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"All religions are founded on the fear of the many and the cleverness of the few."

"All religions are founded on the fear of the many and the cleverness of the few."

Stendhal, French Writer

Fear, Cleverness

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"If we fear the unknown then surely we fear ourselves."

"If we fear the unknown then surely we fear ourselves."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Fear, Bryant H. Mcgill

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"Vertigo is something else than the fear of falling. It is the voice of emptiness below us which temps and lures us, it is the desire to fall, against which, terrified, we defense ourselves."

"Vertigo is something else than the fear of falling. It is the voice of emptiness below us which temps and lures us, it is the desire to fall, against which, terrified, we defense ourselves."

Milan Kundera, Czechoslovakian Writer

Fear, Desire, Emptiness, Temptation

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"There's a confidence that comes from youth and not knowing better. But there comes a point, as an actor, when you do know better, and that is when the fear starts."

"There's a confidence that comes from youth and not knowing better. But there comes a point, as an actor, when you do know better, and that is when the fear starts."

Kiefer Sutherland, Canadian Actor

Fear, Confidence, Youth

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"Fear of the unknown is a terrible fear."

"Fear of the unknown is a terrible fear."

Joan D. Vinge, American Author

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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."

"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, American Actor

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"I'm not against the police; I'm just afraid of them."

"I'm not against the police; I'm just afraid of them."

Alfred Hitchcock, English Director

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"Definitely, it's a fear of failure that drives me."

"Definitely, it's a fear of failure that drives me."

Jerry Bruckheimer, American Producer

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"Fear is not a good teacher. The lessons of fear are quickly forgotten."

"Fear is not a good teacher. The lessons of fear are quickly forgotten."

Mary Catherine Bateson, American Scientist

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"I am pretty fearless, and you know why? Because I don't handle fear very well; I'm not a good terrified person."

"I am pretty fearless, and you know why? Because I don't handle fear very well; I'm not a good terrified person."

Stevie Nicks, American Musician

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"My only problem is the fear that opposition bowlers might go for my fingers and that's why I was scared of the short ball. Now I am struggling with the ball pitching up and swinging away. I just keep nicking that one."

"My only problem is the fear that opposition bowlers might go for my fingers and that's why I was scared of the short ball. Now I am struggling with the ball pitching up and swinging away. I just keep nicking that one."

Shane Warne, Australian Athlete

Fear, Now, Opposition

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"Don't let the fear of striking out hold you back."

"Don't let the fear of striking out hold you back."

Babe Ruth, American Athlete

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"We are afraid of losing what we have, whether it's our life or our possessions and property. But this fear evaporates when we understand that our life stories and the history of the world were written by the same hand."

"We are afraid of losing what we have, whether it's our life or our possessions and property. But this fear evaporates when we understand that our life stories and the history of the world were written by the same hand."

Paulo Coelho, Brazilian Novelist

Fear, Loss, Life, History

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"Knight without fear and without reproach."

"Knight without fear and without reproach."

Richard Harris Barham, English Comedian

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"In the world of lovers, there is no fear."

"In the world of lovers, there is no fear."

Sir Kristian Goldmund Aumann, British Musician

Fear, Lovers, Fearlessness, Emotion, Truth

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"Let them hate so long as they fear."

"Let them hate so long as they fear."

Lucius Accius, Italian Poet

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"There are many who dare not kill themselves for fear of what the neighbours will say."

"There are many who dare not kill themselves for fear of what the neighbours will say."

Cyril Connolly, English Journalist

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"What is needed, rather than running away or controlling or suppressing or any other resistance, is understanding fear; that means, watch it, learn about it, come directly into contact with it. We are to learn about fear, not how to escape from it."

"What is needed, rather than running away or controlling or suppressing or any other resistance, is understanding fear; that means, watch it, learn about it, come directly into contact with it. We are to learn about fear, not how to escape from it."

Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian Philosopher

Fear, Running, Understanding

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"We can no longer let the threat of an early frost send a chill of fear throughout a large portion of our workforce. Diversification is the only answer."

"We can no longer let the threat of an early frost send a chill of fear throughout a large portion of our workforce. Diversification is the only answer."

Alan Autry, American Actor

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"Do not fear fear."

"Do not fear fear."

L. M. Heroux, American Author

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"It is my hope and my belief that you will be able to report that I died with dignity, without animal fear and without bravado. I owe that much to myself."

"It is my hope and my belief that you will be able to report that I died with dignity, without animal fear and without bravado. I owe that much to myself."

Caryl Chessman, American Celebrity

Fear, Belief, Hope, Dignity

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"Gun crime is a major cause of fear and distress throughout the UK. The problem is deeply entrenched in a wide range of social and cultural factors and therefore not an isolated issue."

"Gun crime is a major cause of fear and distress throughout the UK. The problem is deeply entrenched in a wide range of social and cultural factors and therefore not an isolated issue."

Diane Abbott, British Politician

Fear, Cause, Crime

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"Some days it is a heroic act just to refuse the paralysis of fear and straighten up and step into another day."

"Some days it is a heroic act just to refuse the paralysis of fear and straighten up and step into another day."

Edward Albert, American Actor

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"It sometimes is just the fear of being misunderstood."

"It sometimes is just the fear of being misunderstood."

Terry Gross, American Journalist

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"If hopes were dupes, fears may be liars."

"If hopes were dupes, fears may be liars."

Arthur Hugh Clough, English Poet

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"Fear is just a misunderstanding of your immortality."

"Fear is just a misunderstanding of your immortality."

Vironika Tugaleva, Ukrainian Author

Fear, Immortality, Truth, Spiritual

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"They who have conquered doubt and fear have conquered failure."

"They who have conquered doubt and fear have conquered failure."

James Allen, British Author

Fear, Failure, Doubt

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"Fear has many eyes and can see things underground."

"Fear has many eyes and can see things underground."

Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish Novelist

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