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Fear Quotes


"Fear is just a misunderstanding of your immortality."


"What is fear after all? It is indecision. You seek some way to resist, escape. There is none."


"When politicians use fear, they are playing into the enemy's hand."


"You have to be careful not to let your fear stop you doing things. It's very exciting to test yourself."
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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."


"Sometimes, fear is good. Sometimes it's a good thing to have a little bit of a reality check."


"But to be the best, you must face the best. And to overcome your fear, you must deal with the best."
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"I have a lack of fear, whereas in the past the fear of failure was a powerful motivator. Anyway, I have great expectations for the future, but I just don't know if I'm the monarch of all I survey."


"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."


"If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement."


"I fear that CAFTA will accelerate the demise of these domestic textile jobs."


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


"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."


"Identifying and overcoming natural fear is one of the pleasing struggles intrinsic to climbing."


"Monopolists who fear competition and who distrust democracy because it stands for equal opportunity would like to secure their position against small and energetic enterprise."


"Actresses have more fear of being disliked. I, on the other hand, revel in it."


"Freedom is contagious. That's why despots fear it so much."


"Young players need freedom of expression to develop as creative players... they should be encouraged to try skills without fear of failure."


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


"I may be compelled to face danger, but never fear it, and while our soldiers can stand and fight, I can stand and feed and nurse them."


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


"My aim then was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us."


"The reflection of the flame in the glass seems to be touching the hand. And you feel the helpless fear of these dismembered parts. This sort of thing can hardly be visualized at the script stage."


"The timid man calls himself cautious, the sordid man thrifty."


"I didn't want to be on the losing side. I was fed up with Jewish weakness, timidity and fear. I didn't want any more Jewish sentimentality and Jewish suffering. I was sickened by our sad songs."


"Ultimately, freedom and democracy are stronger than fear and tyranny."


"Fear cannot be banished, but it can be calm and without panic; it can be mitigated by reason and evaluation."


"The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear."


"Hunger and fear are the only realities in dog life: an empty stomach makes a fierce dog."


"I can imagine that the Iraqis undertake the destruction out of fear. If they had denied it, if they had said no, that certainly would have played into the hands of those that would like to take armed action immediately. I have no illusions in that regard."
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