- Optimism
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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
- Football
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- Nov 07, 2020
I played football because I loved the game - but I didn't enjoy the focus on not making mistakes and the culture being essentially one of blame and a little fear.
- Doctor
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had a fear of becoming anything, a fear of becoming a specialist. I might have become a doctor, but if you become a doctor, that's your specialty in life and you are defined by it. One of the attractions of being a writer is that you're never a specialist. Your field is entirely open; your field is the entire human condition.
- Madness
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- Nov 07, 2020
Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those who do not write, compose or paint can manage to escape the madness, melancholia, the panic and fear which is inherent in a human situation.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every time I do something or release something or announce a new project, there's always that fear that it won't go well.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
Americans need never fear their government because of the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation.
- Fight
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- Nov 07, 2020
At first I wasn't sure that I had the talent, but I did know I had a fear of failure, and that fear compelled me to fight off anything that might abet it.
- Nov 07, 2020
I fear if I cannot think again, if my mind suddenly goes blank. It will be embarrassing.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
You can compel fear. You can even make someone feel they're in love if they're isolated and dependent for long enough. But laughter is free.
- Pressure
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- Nov 07, 2020
Anyone who's kicked a ball with their mates and played for their local club knows the buzz of being part of a team, playing without fear or pressure.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
We'll tell fear it can come along with us in our minivan, okay? But we'll just tell fear it can't drive. Sometimes we'll tell it to not even talk. Like when we tell our kids, 'Enough. No words.' We're going to play the quiet game with fear. Fear is not the boss of us.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes when you love someone like a mother loves her child, that love can turn into fear. It happens to me all the time. I am so afraid that the world will not be kind to my children.
- Government Officials
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- Nov 07, 2020
Many of the benefits from keeping terrorism fear levels high are obvious. Private corporations suck up massive amounts of Homeland Security cash as long as that fear persists, while government officials in the National Security and Surveillance State can claim unlimited powers and operate with unlimited secrecy and no accountability.
- Free
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- Nov 07, 2020