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"I don't buy into any of that hogwash. They put that out to sell tickets. It's just a classic horror movie, with the Greek drama formula of good versus evil, and lots of fear."
Margot Kidder
"I don't buy into any of that hogwash. They put that out to sell tickets. It's just a classic horror movie, with the Greek drama formula of good versus evil, and lots of fear."
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"I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear."
Joan Didion
"I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear."
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"The person who is bent on killing you will follow you wherever you are."
Edward Koch
"The person who is bent on killing you will follow you wherever you are."
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"With their souls of patent leather, they come down the road. Hunched and nocturnal, where they breathe they impose, silence of dark rubber, and fear of fine sand."
Federico Garcia Lorca
"With their souls of patent leather, they come down the road. Hunched and nocturnal, where they breathe they impose, silence of dark rubber, and fear of fine sand."
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"Fear is excitement without breath."
Robert Heller
"Fear is excitement without breath."
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"Jealousy is the fear of comparison."
Max Frisch
"Jealousy is the fear of comparison."
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"The dread of lonliness is greater than the fear of bondage, so we get married."
Cyril Connolly
"The dread of lonliness is greater than the fear of bondage, so we get married."
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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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"You all know," said the Guide, "that security is mortals' greatest enemy."
C. S. Lewis
"You all know," said the Guide, "that security is mortals' greatest enemy."
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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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"I'm going crazy, Louis thought wonderingly. Wheeeeee!"
Stephen King
"I'm going crazy, Louis thought wonderingly. Wheeeeee!"
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"FEAR stands for fuck everything and run."
Stephen King
"FEAR stands for fuck everything and run."
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"Every man, through fear, mugs his aspirations a dozen times a day."
Brendan Francis
"Every man, through fear, mugs his aspirations a dozen times a day."
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"Writers rush in where publishers fear to tread and where translators fear to tread."
Guillermo Cabrera Infante
"Writers rush in where publishers fear to tread and where translators fear to tread."
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"I fear that, in the end, the famous debate among materialists, idealists, and dualists amounts to a merely verbal dispute that is more a matter for the linguist than for the speculative philosopher."
Moses Mendelssohn
"I fear that, in the end, the famous debate among materialists, idealists, and dualists amounts to a merely verbal dispute that is more a matter for the linguist than for the speculative philosopher."
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"Those who fear life are already three parts dead."
Bertrand Russell
"Those who fear life are already three parts dead."
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"It is an open question whether any behavior based on fear of eternal punishment can be regarded as ethical or should be regarded as merely cowardly."
Margaret Mead
"It is an open question whether any behavior based on fear of eternal punishment can be regarded as ethical or should be regarded as merely cowardly."
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"We fear no one knows our potential, ability, power, and talent. We fear to learn about our capability and capacity so we keep it latent."
Debasish Mridha
"We fear no one knows our potential, ability, power, and talent. We fear to learn about our capability and capacity so we keep it latent."
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"There is no fear before and no fear after. We give our best."
Rickie Lee Jones
"There is no fear before and no fear after. We give our best."
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"To fear man's judgment more than God's judgment is to fear man more than God."
Criss Jami
"To fear man's judgment more than God's judgment is to fear man more than God."
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"Over the next four years, we will be bold. We will be willing to experiment. We will not fear failure."
Matt Blunt
"Over the next four years, we will be bold. We will be willing to experiment. We will not fear failure."
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"My main frustration is the fear of cancer from low dose radiation, even by radiologists."
John Cameron
"My main frustration is the fear of cancer from low dose radiation, even by radiologists."
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"Paramount is the need to secure human rights. The form of rule should be such that the citizen does not have to fear the State, but gives it direction and confidently participates in its administration."
Recep Tayyip Erdogan
"Paramount is the need to secure human rights. The form of rule should be such that the citizen does not have to fear the State, but gives it direction and confidently participates in its administration."
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"I definitely feel we're moving forward. There's a lot more understanding... there's less fear and we're working on there being less hatred."
Melissa Etheridge
"I definitely feel we're moving forward. There's a lot more understanding... there's less fear and we're working on there being less hatred."
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"Fear tends to manifest itself much more quickly than greed, so volatile markets tend to be on the downside. In up markets, volatility tends to gradually decline."
Philip Roth
"Fear tends to manifest itself much more quickly than greed, so volatile markets tend to be on the downside. In up markets, volatility tends to gradually decline."
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"Mine are the deep-seated fears established when we are children, and they never quite go away: the fear of being helpless, the fear of being trapped, the fear of being out of control."
Virginia C. Andrews
"Mine are the deep-seated fears established when we are children, and they never quite go away: the fear of being helpless, the fear of being trapped, the fear of being out of control."
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"I am pain stricken to say that, various "educational institutions have adopted the medieval doctrine "fear of the lord is the beginning of wisdom" as their motto. Let me tell you this, fear of the Lord, Santa Claus, Krishna, Thor, Hulk or any other imaginary being brings merely the illusion of wisdom, not wisdom. And illusion of wisdom is a billion times more harmful than lack of wisdom."
Abhijit Naskar
"I am pain stricken to say that, various "educational institutions have adopted the medieval doctrine "fear of the lord is the beginning of wisdom" as their motto. Let me tell you this, fear of the Lord, Santa Claus, Krishna, Thor, Hulk or any other imaginary being brings merely the illusion of wisdom, not wisdom. And illusion of wisdom is a billion times more harmful than lack of wisdom."
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"Why are we so full of restraint? Why do we not give in all directions? Is it fear of losing ourselves? Until we do lose ourselves there is no hope of finding ourselves."
Henry Miller
"Why are we so full of restraint? Why do we not give in all directions? Is it fear of losing ourselves? Until we do lose ourselves there is no hope of finding ourselves."
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"You have to be careful not to let your fear stop you doing things. It's very exciting to test yourself."
Francesca Annis
"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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"One had to take some action against fear when once it laid hold of one."
Rainer Maria Rilke
"One had to take some action against fear when once it laid hold of one."
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"I think, however, that so long as our present economic and national systems continue, scientific research has little to fear."
John B. S. Haldane
"I think, however, that so long as our present economic and national systems continue, scientific research has little to fear."
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"I fear we have shot our bolt - but we have been to Pole and done the longest journey on record."
Robert Falcon Scott
"I fear we have shot our bolt - but we have been to Pole and done the longest journey on record."
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"It was nothing but a hole, a mouth open wide. You could lean over the edge and peer down to see nothing. All I knew about the well was its frightening depth. It was deep beyond measuring, and crammed full of darkness, as if all the world's darkness had been boiled down to their ultimate density."
Haruki Murakami
"It was nothing but a hole, a mouth open wide. You could lean over the edge and peer down to see nothing. All I knew about the well was its frightening depth. It was deep beyond measuring, and crammed full of darkness, as if all the world's darkness had been boiled down to their ultimate density."
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"Fear attracts attack."
Edwin Louis Cole
"Fear attracts attack."
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"I never feel unsafe except for when the majority is on my side."
Criss Jami
"I never feel unsafe except for when the majority is on my side."
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"There is nothing an economist should fear so much as applause."
Herbert Marshall
"There is nothing an economist should fear so much as applause."
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"You pretend to be more eccentric than you actually are because you fear you are an interchangeable cog."
Doug Coupland
"You pretend to be more eccentric than you actually are because you fear you are an interchangeable cog."
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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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"Fain would I climb, yet fear I to fall."
Walter Raleigh
"Fain would I climb, yet fear I to fall."
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"Fear stagnation not adventure."
Debasish Mridha
"Fear stagnation not adventure."
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"I fear nothing so much as a man who is witty all day long."
Madame de Sevigne
"I fear nothing so much as a man who is witty all day long."
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"Horror spawns horror."
Stephen King
"Horror spawns horror."
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"Now nobody get nervous, you ain't got nothing to fear. You're being robbed by the John Dillinger Gang, that's the best there is!"
John Dillinger
"Now nobody get nervous, you ain't got nothing to fear. You're being robbed by the John Dillinger Gang, that's the best there is!"
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"To the short-sighted, through the fog, God must be a monster."
Criss Jami
"To the short-sighted, through the fog, God must be a monster."
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"Sometimes, fear is good. Sometimes it's a good thing to have a little bit of a reality check."
Taylor Hanson
"Sometimes, fear is good. Sometimes it's a good thing to have a little bit of a reality check."
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"Fear left unrestrained always leaves us running 'from' something. Fear harnessed compels us to run 'to' something. And fear denied leaves us running in circles."
Craig D. Lounsbrough
"Fear left unrestrained always leaves us running 'from' something. Fear harnessed compels us to run 'to' something. And fear denied leaves us running in circles."
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"Fear success but not the mistakes."
Debasish Mridha
"Fear success but not the mistakes."
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"Fear is the killer of a great future life."
Debasish Mridha
"Fear is the killer of a great future life."
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"Fear least have power! The power of fear lies in the power of our fears. Without the power of our fears, fear is least empowered!"
Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
"Fear least have power! The power of fear lies in the power of our fears. Without the power of our fears, fear is least empowered!"
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"The man who has ceased to fear has ceased to care."
F. H. Bradley
"The man who has ceased to fear has ceased to care."
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