- Good Teacher
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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
- Medical
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Disease is an experience of a so-called mortal mind. It is fear made manifest on the body.
- Extended
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- Nov 07, 2020
Peter was 2 years and 10 months old when we began to study him. He was afraid of a white rat, and this fear extended to a rabbit, a fur coat, a feather, cotton wool, etc., but not to wooden blocks and similar toys.
- Conditioned
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Peter's fear of the animals which were shown him was probably not a directly conditioned fear.
- Peace
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Most fear stems from sin; to limit one's sins, one must assuredly limit one's fear, thereby bringing more peace to one's spirit.
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I more fear what is within me than what comes from without.
- Person
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I'm a sucker for entertainment and escapism as much as the next person. I like silly and lowbrow stuff, but I get nervous when I indulge in that too often. I want to know what's going on in the world. I have a morbid fear of being surprised by bad news. I want to anticipate everything.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'll be honest: I had a real deep-seated fear that 'Buffy' was going to be my peak. It was such a beautiful experience. It was such a fully realized show.
- Hero
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When we have emotions of fear and pity toward the hero of a tragedy, we explore aspects of our own vulnerability in a safe and pleasing setting.
- Die
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Fear is ubiquitous in human life. It starts in infancy with our primal state of helplessness, where we can see what's going on but we can't move to get it. As we grow older we become a little more able to get what we want but then we're going to die so that gives fear another boost.
- More
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We see unreasoning fear driving a certain amount of public policy, perhaps more in Europe than in the U.S.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
When we feel helpless later in life, fear makes us scapegoat others. Instead of fixing the problems, we say, 'Oh, it's all their fault - those women or immigrants are infesting our country.' Rather than useful protest or constructive solutions, we get angry at these handy targets.
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Fear requires belief that you will be harmed, and it is easily manipulated by rhetoric.
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020
Hopeful thinking can get you out of your fear zone and into your appreciation zone.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
I fear that light touch regulations that have allowed the Internet to prosper will now be replaced by a heavy hand that stifles innovation and does not adapt well to change. The Internet is not broken.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are so many things to talk about between black people, Hispanic people, white people, gay people, men, women, it's all based on fear. We all have fears, this thing that stops us from embracing as we are one. We are never going to be one. People are messed up, but humor lets us see how ignorant we can be.
- Confederation
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- Nov 07, 2020