- Ethic
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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
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
I fear it's because religion is man's attempt to reach God, and when he feels he has succeeded, he cannot abide anyone else's claim to have done the same.
- Failure
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- Nov 07, 2020
Definitely, it's a fear of failure that drives me.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
Fear has nothing to do with cowardice. A fellow is only yellow when he lets his fear make him quit.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
We keep on saying 'Jack' and 'he,' but that's one of the great things about the Ripper: its a mystery, which is part of the fascination and the fear. If you can see evil and face it, it often doesn't look so evil, but the Ripper never got caught.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
I live my life through fear. If I'm afraid of it I'll do it just so I'm not afraid of it anymore.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a fear of poverty in old age. I have this vision of myself living in a skip and eating cat food. It's because I'm freelance, and I've never had a proper job. I don't have a pension, and my savings are dwindling. I always thought someone would just come along and look after me.
- Nov 07, 2020
When you're fearful, you stumble.
- Nov 07, 2020
If you were born really ugly like me, have no fear. There's steps you can take to be good-looking. Kind of.
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020
Yes, it is frustrating to listen to those who foment fear, suspicion and intolerance, who don't know the mistakes of history, and are in the midst of repeating them. Have faith that the character of the American people as a whole is such that, in the end, we will choose not to drink this brand of soiled milk.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are many examples in our history of overheated rhetoric leading to fear and prejudice and government overreach. My own grandfather, a sociologist, was dragged in front of the House Un-American Activities Committee. He said he wasn't a Communist and explained that American Negroes were patriots like everyone else.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you're doing a network show in the States, you're just a slave to the ratings. There's so much money invested that there's this pervasive atmosphere of fear and anxiety. Every morning after an episode of your show airs, everyone is fixated on the numbers to try and determine how the show did.
- Freedom From
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- Nov 07, 2020
Roosevelt talked not only about Freedom from Fear, but also Freedom from Want.
- Heart
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- Nov 07, 2020