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"From the test situations which were used to reveal fears, it was found that Peter showed even more marked fear responses to the rabbit than to the rat."
Mary C. Jones
"From the test situations which were used to reveal fears, it was found that Peter showed even more marked fear responses to the rabbit than to the rat."
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"There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them."
Andre Gide
"There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them."
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"Necessity of action takes away the fear of the act, and makes bold resolution the favorite of fortune."
Francis Quarles
"Necessity of action takes away the fear of the act, and makes bold resolution the favorite of fortune."
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"I am very interested in what has been called bad taste. I believe the fear of displaying a soi-disant bad taste stops us from venturing into special cultural zones."
Manuel Puig
"I am very interested in what has been called bad taste. I believe the fear of displaying a soi-disant bad taste stops us from venturing into special cultural zones."
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"But if you have a solid walk with the Lord, then you won't fear that failure."
Cliff Richard
"But if you have a solid walk with the Lord, then you won't fear that failure."
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"A child understands fear, and the hurt and hate it brings."
Nadine Gordimer
"A child understands fear, and the hurt and hate it brings."
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"It's fear of being afraid that frightens me more than anything else."
Jerome Cady
"It's fear of being afraid that frightens me more than anything else."
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"I don't have any fear of intimacy, but rather thrive on it, which is rare in a public person."
Jack Nicholson
"I don't have any fear of intimacy, but rather thrive on it, which is rare in a public person."
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"Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire."
Jean de La Fontaine
"Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire."
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"He whose head is in heaven need not fear to put his feet into the grave."
Matthew Henry
"He whose head is in heaven need not fear to put his feet into the grave."
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"My greatest fear is to be misunderstood."
Elliott Gould
"My greatest fear is to be misunderstood."
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"Everything I've ever done was out of fear of being mediocre."
Chet Atkins
"Everything I've ever done was out of fear of being mediocre."
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"I actually think there's a potential, a crazy potential, that network TV could become something valuable and worthwhile, just because of fear on the part of the networks."
Bob Odenkirk
"I actually think there's a potential, a crazy potential, that network TV could become something valuable and worthwhile, just because of fear on the part of the networks."
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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."
Billy Corgan
"If I have resistance to something, it means there's something wrong. The resistance to me is a sign of fear."
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"I'm very much afraid of being mad - that's my one fear."
Sting
"I'm very much afraid of being mad - that's my one fear."
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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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"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."
Henry A. Wallace
"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."
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"You can't be a proper comic unless you've been out on stage and felt the fear."
Johnny Vegas
"You can't be a proper comic unless you've been out on stage and felt the fear."
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"A propensity to hope and joy is real riches; one to fear and sorrow real poverty."
David Hume
"A propensity to hope and joy is real riches; one to fear and sorrow real poverty."
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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."
Milan Kundera
"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."
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"I hope for nothing. I fear nothing. I am free."
Nikos Kazantzakis
"I hope for nothing. I fear nothing. I am free."
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"Let the fear of danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger."
Francis Quarles
"Let the fear of danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger."
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"I'm not against the police; I'm just afraid of them."
Alfred Hitchcock
"I'm not against the police; I'm just afraid of them."
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"The doctor punched my vein, the captain called me Cain, upon my belly sat the sow of fear."
Karl Shapiro
"The doctor punched my vein, the captain called me Cain, upon my belly sat the sow of fear."
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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."
Stevie Nicks
"I am pretty fearless, and you know why? Because I don't handle fear very well; I'm not a good terrified person."
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"Courage is just fear, plus prayers, plus understanding."
Edward Albert
"Courage is just fear, plus prayers, plus 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."
Alan Autry
"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."
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"If hopes were dupes, fears may be liars."
Arthur Hugh Clough
"If hopes were dupes, fears may be liars."
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"New Orleans has to learn to live with water rather than in fear of water, and we need a master plan that shows us how to do this. It's so critical that we send a signal to everyone in the country that we're serious about rebuilding New Orleans."
Billy Tauzin
"New Orleans has to learn to live with water rather than in fear of water, and we need a master plan that shows us how to do this. It's so critical that we send a signal to everyone in the country that we're serious about rebuilding New Orleans."
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"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."
William Tecumseh Sherman
"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."
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"The fear is like metal on my tongue-I've known him but a fragment of time, and yet I'm certain if I accept his suit, it will destroy a part of me when he leaves.Keir reached forward to tuck her hair behind her ear. "We're all a little broken. Quiet. Potent. "No one goes through life with a whole heart."
Nalini Singh
"The fear is like metal on my tongue-I've known him but a fragment of time, and yet I'm certain if I accept his suit, it will destroy a part of me when he leaves.Keir reached forward to tuck her hair behind her ear. "We're all a little broken. Quiet. Potent. "No one goes through life with a whole heart."
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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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"This man, although he appeared so humble and embarrassed in his air and manners, and passed so unheeded, had inspired me with such a feeling of horror by the unearthly paleness of his countenance, from which I could not avert my eyes, that I was unable longer to endure it."
Adelbert von Chamisso
"This man, although he appeared so humble and embarrassed in his air and manners, and passed so unheeded, had inspired me with such a feeling of horror by the unearthly paleness of his countenance, from which I could not avert my eyes, that I was unable longer to endure it."
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"When politicians use fear, they are playing into the enemy's hand."
John Mellencamp
"When politicians use fear, they are playing into the enemy's hand."
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"When a match has equal partners then I fear not."
Aeschylus
"When a match has equal partners then I fear not."
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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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"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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"How could you fear a dearth? Have not mankind tho' slain by millions, millions left behind?"
Joel Barlow
"How could you fear a dearth? Have not mankind tho' slain by millions, millions left behind?"
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"Fear of something is at the root of hate for others, and hate within will eventually destroy the hater."
George Washington Carver
"Fear of something is at the root of hate for others, and hate within will eventually destroy the hater."
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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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"Ignorance breeds fear."
Mike Wilson
"Ignorance breeds fear."
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"To him who is in fear everything rustles."
Sophocles
"To him who is in fear everything rustles."
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"Sides are being divided now. It's very obvious. So if you're on the other side of the fence, you're suddenly anti-American. It's breeding fear of being on the wrong side."
Sam Shepard
"Sides are being divided now. It's very obvious. So if you're on the other side of the fence, you're suddenly anti-American. It's breeding fear of being on the wrong side."
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"We fear our passage will be attended with difficulties by reason of the great number of passingers which are one hundred and eighty and upwards in number."
Nathaniel Smith
"We fear our passage will be attended with difficulties by reason of the great number of passingers which are one hundred and eighty and upwards in number."
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"Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself."
J. K. Rowling
"Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself."
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"I try not to laugh too loud, afraid a bark-like noise will be mistaken by any great whites lurking in the area as the distress call of a juvenile seal."
Elle Lothlorien
"I try not to laugh too loud, afraid a bark-like noise will be mistaken by any great whites lurking in the area as the distress call of a juvenile seal."
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"I delight in what I fear."
Shirley Jackson
"I delight in what I fear."
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"We confess our bad qualities to others out of fear of appearing naive or ridiculous by not being aware of them."
Gerald Brenan
"We confess our bad qualities to others out of fear of appearing naive or ridiculous by not being aware of them."
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"We are afraid to care too much, for fear that the other person does not care at all."
Eleanor Roosevelt
"We are afraid to care too much, for fear that the other person does not care at all."
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"In the ring, I never really knew fear."
Rocky Marciano
"In the ring, I never really knew fear."
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