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" Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire. "

Jean de La Fontaine

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" What is a fear of living? It's being preeminently afraid of dying. It is not doing what you came here to do, out of timidity and spinelessness. The antidote is to take full responsibility for yourself - for the time you take up and the space you occupy. If you don't know what you're here to do, then just do some good. "

" Our society must make it right and possible for old people not to fear the young or be deserted by them, for the test of a civilization is the way that it cares for its helpless members. "

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" I think what's important is for us to decipher what is honest and what is dishonest and be accepting of those things and not operating from fear. "

" As we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence actually liberates others. "

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" The purpose of torture is not getting information. It's spreading fear. "

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" Fear, to me, is a guiding thing more than anything. "

" Never fear a job, always respect it, and always leave yourself a hind door to escape. May your hind door always be open. "

" Business is war. I go out there, I want to kill the competitors. I want to make their lives miserable. I want to steal their market share. I want them to fear me and I want everyone on my team thinking we're going to win. "

" My biggest fear is mindlessly and stupidly repeating myself. "

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" Whoever has not begun the practice of prayer, I beg for the love of the Lord not to go without so great a good. There is nothing here to fear but only something to desire. "

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" Being brave isn't the absence of fear. Being brave is having that fear but finding a way through it. "