- Government
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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
- Enough People
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- Nov 07, 2020
As long as enough people can be frightened, then all people can be ruled. That is how it works in a democratic system and mass fear becomes the ticket to destroy rights across the board.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.
- Grief
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- Nov 07, 2020
In minor crises, the preacher can extract himself emotionally and allow others to express grief and fear and doubt while he remains strong.
- Nov 07, 2020
If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay at home.
- Parent
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- Nov 07, 2020
Fear is the parent of cruelty.
- Unnecessary
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- Nov 07, 2020
Fear is unnecessary.
- Journey
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every journey starts with fear.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
We take it for granted that we can see at all times of day and night. But there was a time, not all that long ago, in the age before electricity, when night brought total darkness - and with it, a not-so-small amount of terror. We get a sense of this when we go camping or when there's a power outage, and our fear of the darkness is primal.
- Darkness
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every time that I'm in the dark, I imagine what might be lurking in the shadows. It's kind of like a drug in that way - darkness seems to change the way I think - making me way more prone to fear.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I used to go around the country performing. I was in my 20s; I had no fear. But then I had a baby, and all of sudden, your life, your world changes; you change.
- Nov 07, 2020
Street football means you don't fear no one because you have nothing to lose and you are just being yourself.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
At the time, 1980, people regarded actresses involved with production with a certain amount of fear, resentment and anger.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
English is my first language, but when I started shooting for 'Definition of Fear,' I actually had trouble with my lines! It was so weird, because I never have trouble with my lines in Hindi!
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
Growing up, I wanted to be a musician. My mother, in typical Filipino-mom fashion, would always make me go up in front of people at parties to sing. Back then, as a kid, I was mortified. In retrospect, I see that doing that as a child helped me get over my fear of being in front of people.
- Politicians
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- Nov 07, 2020