- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Fear Quotes
Fear fades fastest when it's named directly.
This collection pairs personal courage with public conviction - resolve around national security, wariness of concentrated institutional power, and the belief that a government secure in itself should welcome, not dread, criticism. Related reading in Fearless Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
Dad's fear, especially when I was 18, was that, in the music industry in the U.K., there wasn't really anybody I would aspire to who was of black origin and who was successful. It was mainly black American musicians in the charts and, at that age, I think you look for someone you can identify with, and there wasn't really anyone.
- Flew
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- Nov 07, 2020
This is going to make me sound awful, but I was 18 when I took my first flight because the Prince of Brunei flew Mis-Teeq over to play at his birthday party! I was in business class being fed amazing food. I got over my fear pretty quickly.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Because Genentech is a leading developer of cancer therapies, some doctors also fear that the company's pricing plans for Avastin - around $8,800 a month - may encourage other companies to charge more for their own oncology drugs.
- Looking
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have enough motivation just not looking like an idiot on national television. The fear of disappointing people is certainly higher.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
From nine years old, I lived with fear. I saw our neighbours disappearing. I was scared that I would come home from school and my parents would not be there.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
We're taught to be ashamed of confusion, anger, fear and sadness, and to me they're of equal value to happiness, excitement and inspiration.
- Angry
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- Nov 07, 2020
When someone says that I'm angry it's actually a compliment. I have not always been direct with my anger in my relationships, which is part of why I'd write about it in my songs because I had such fear around expressing anger as a woman.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
We live, in North America in general, if I'm given the indulgence of selling us down the river, in a culture of fear of this connective sense of spirit.
- Distaste
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- Nov 07, 2020
The fear of this delicate and fierce feminine has more to do with our fear of being vulnerable again, getting hurt again, than it does by our actual distaste for the beauty of the feminine and Her qualities.
- Mystery
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was the experience of mystery - even if mixed with fear - that engendered religion.
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020
If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.
- Death
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- Nov 07, 2020
The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020