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"They who have conquered doubt and fear have conquered failure."
James Allen
"They who have conquered doubt and fear have conquered failure."
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"Fear has many eyes and can see things underground."
"Fear has many eyes and can see things underground."
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"My greatest fear: repetition."
Max Frisch
"My greatest fear: repetition."
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"When I have a camera in my hand, I know no fear."
Alfred Eisenstaedt
"When I have a camera in my hand, I know no fear."
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"Usually the opposite of what we fear is our greatest fear."
Charles F. Glassman
"Usually the opposite of what we fear is our greatest fear."
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"Fear stagnation, embrace change."
Debasish Mridha
"Fear stagnation, embrace change."
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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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"I'll think, If this is his first punch, how are the others gonna feel? That's the only fear I have for myself."
Sugar Ray Leonard
"I'll think, If this is his first punch, how are the others gonna feel? That's the only fear I have for myself."
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"We can fear things into existence. Fear looks into the future and imagines the worst that can happen."
Joyce Meyer
"We can fear things into existence. Fear looks into the future and imagines the worst that can happen."
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"I fear a permanent Confederation will never be settled; tho the most material articles are I think got thro', so as to give great offence to some, but to my Satisfaction."
William Whipple
"I fear a permanent Confederation will never be settled; tho the most material articles are I think got thro', so as to give great offence to some, but to my Satisfaction."
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"Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will."
James Stephens
"Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will."
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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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"Fear is the foundation of most governments."
John Adams
"Fear is the foundation of most governments."
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"What puts someone on guard isn't necessarily the fear of being found out."
Terry Gross
"What puts someone on guard isn't necessarily the fear of being found out."
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"There is the fear, common to all English-only speakers, that the chief purpose of foreign languages is to make fun of us. Otherwise, you know, why not just come out and say it?"
Barbara Ehrenreich
"There is the fear, common to all English-only speakers, that the chief purpose of foreign languages is to make fun of us. Otherwise, you know, why not just come out and say it?"
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"Fear is the passion of slaves."
Patrick Henry
"Fear is the passion of slaves."
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"A writer of fiction lives in fear. Each new day demands new ideas and he can never be sure whether he is going to come up with them or not."
Roald Dahl
"A writer of fiction lives in fear. Each new day demands new ideas and he can never be sure whether he is going to come up with them or not."
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"When I decided to stay in Iraq, I decided to take the fear out of my body and put it into a freezer."
Asne Seierstad
"When I decided to stay in Iraq, I decided to take the fear out of my body and put it into a freezer."
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"My experience in Amsterdam is that cyclists ride where the hell they like and aim in a state of rage at all pedestrians while ringing their bell loudly, the concept of avoiding people being foreign to them."
Terry Pratchett
"My experience in Amsterdam is that cyclists ride where the hell they like and aim in a state of rage at all pedestrians while ringing their bell loudly, the concept of avoiding people being foreign to them."
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"Frightened people live in their own special hell."
Stephen King
"Frightened people live in their own special hell."
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"Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or worthlessness, we are almost impervious to fear."
William Congreve
"Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or worthlessness, we are almost impervious to fear."
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"His so-fucking-vivid imagination rarely gave him the horrors, but when it did, God help him. God help him once it was warmed up. It was not only warmed up now, it was hot and running on full choke. That there was no sense at all in what he was thinking made not a whit of difference in the dark. In the dark, rationality seemed stupid and logic a dream. In the dark he thought with his skin."
Stephen King
"His so-fucking-vivid imagination rarely gave him the horrors, but when it did, God help him. God help him once it was warmed up. It was not only warmed up now, it was hot and running on full choke. That there was no sense at all in what he was thinking made not a whit of difference in the dark. In the dark, rationality seemed stupid and logic a dream. In the dark he thought with his skin."
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"No one should fear to undertake any task in the name of our Saviour, if it is just and if the intention is purely for His holy service."
Christopher Columbus
"No one should fear to undertake any task in the name of our Saviour, if it is just and if the intention is purely for His holy service."
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"The downside isn't really injury, fear of injury or the process of fighting back from injury. The downside, the very worst thing in the world, is surgery."
Greg Rusedski
"The downside isn't really injury, fear of injury or the process of fighting back from injury. The downside, the very worst thing in the world, is surgery."
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"When you gain 50 pounds during pregnancy like I did, you fear that you'll never get back in shape."
Charisma Carpenter
"When you gain 50 pounds during pregnancy like I did, you fear that you'll never get back in shape."
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"We fear the thing we want the most."
Robert Anthony
"We fear the thing we want the most."
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"Fear cannot be banished, but it can be calm and without panic; it can be mitigated by reason and evaluation."
Vannevar Bush
"Fear cannot be banished, but it can be calm and without panic; it can be mitigated by reason and evaluation."
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"Fear always springs from ignorance."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Fear always springs from ignorance."
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"Hunger and fear are the only realities in dog life: an empty stomach makes a fierce dog."
Robert Falcon Scott
"Hunger and fear are the only realities in dog life: an empty stomach makes a fierce dog."
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"I have no fear of being less beautiful, I've always been afraid of not being beautiful."
Isabelle Adjani
"I have no fear of being less beautiful, I've always been afraid of not being beautiful."
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"I suppose that writers should, in a way, feel flattered by the censorship laws. They show a primitive fear and dread at the fearful magic of print."
John Mortimer
"I suppose that writers should, in a way, feel flattered by the censorship laws. They show a primitive fear and dread at the fearful magic of print."
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"But we both came to the decision that the powerful thing is to go into your fear, walk in there with it, don't walk away from it, and to try to be true to it."
Lee Tergesen
"But we both came to the decision that the powerful thing is to go into your fear, walk in there with it, don't walk away from it, and to try to be true to it."
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"There is no greater hell than to be a prisoner of fear."
Ben Jonson
"There is no greater hell than to be a prisoner of fear."
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"Fear has many faces."
Nicolas Roeg
"Fear has many faces."
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"Great fear is concealed under daring."
Lucan
"Great fear is concealed under daring."
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"Fear, conformity, immorality: these are heavy burdens. They drain us of creative energy. And when we are drained of creative energy, we do not create. We procreate, but we do not create."
David McCallum
"Fear, conformity, immorality: these are heavy burdens. They drain us of creative energy. And when we are drained of creative energy, we do not create. We procreate, but we do not create."
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"And this fear that US models are replacing everything else now spills over from the sphere of culture into our two remaining categories: for this process is clearly, at one level, the result of economic domination - of local cultural industries closed down by American rivals."
Fredric Jameson
"And this fear that US models are replacing everything else now spills over from the sphere of culture into our two remaining categories: for this process is clearly, at one level, the result of economic domination - of local cultural industries closed down by American rivals."
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"When I was younger I used to pick things just to face the fear."
Vincent D'Onofrio
"When I was younger I used to pick things just to face the fear."
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"The filmmaking process is a very personal one to me, I mean it really is a personal kind of communication. It's not as though its a study of fear or any of that stuff."
David Cronenberg
"The filmmaking process is a very personal one to me, I mean it really is a personal kind of communication. It's not as though its a study of fear or any of that stuff."
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"Discipline is based on pride, on meticulous attention to details, and on mutual respect and confidence. Discipline must be a habit so ingrained that it is stronger than the excitement of the goal or the fear of failure."
Gary Ryan Blair
"Discipline is based on pride, on meticulous attention to details, and on mutual respect and confidence. Discipline must be a habit so ingrained that it is stronger than the excitement of the goal or the fear of failure."
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"Don't fear anything for your letters, they are burnt one by one and I hope you do the same with mine."
Camille Claudel
"Don't fear anything for your letters, they are burnt one by one and I hope you do the same with mine."
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"Don't let your fear paralyze you. Prepare yourself not only technically, but also emotionally."
Bob Weinstein
"Don't let your fear paralyze you. Prepare yourself not only technically, but also emotionally."
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"Fear of failure has always been my best motivator."
Douglas Wood
"Fear of failure has always been my best motivator."
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"The hierarchy shouldn't fear what we're doing."
William P. Leahy
"The hierarchy shouldn't fear what we're doing."
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"He doesn't know the meaning of the word fear, but then again he doesn't know the meaning of most words."
Bobby Bowden
"He doesn't know the meaning of the word fear, but then again he doesn't know the meaning of most words."
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"Hopeful thinking can get you out of your fear zone and into your appreciation zone."
Martha Beck
"Hopeful thinking can get you out of your fear zone and into your appreciation zone."
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"That common cold of the male psyche, fear of commitment."
Richard Schickel
"That common cold of the male psyche, fear of commitment."
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"Fear? If I have gained anything by damning myself, it is that I no longer have anything to fear."
Jean-Paul Sartre
"Fear? If I have gained anything by damning myself, it is that I no longer have anything to fear."
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"It's the opinion of some that crops could be grown on the moon; which raises the fear that it may not be long before we're paying somebody not to."
Franklin P. Jones
"It's the opinion of some that crops could be grown on the moon; which raises the fear that it may not be long before we're paying somebody not to."
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"I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts."
Virgil
"I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts."
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