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" I guess sometimes fear is a good thing. It's a really good motivator. "

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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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" The stereotypes of feminists as ugly, or man-haters, or hairy, or whatever it is - that's really strategic. That's a really smart way to keep young women away from feminism, is to kind of put out this idea that all feminists hate men, or all feminists are ugly; and that they really come from a place of fear. "

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" Fear makes strangers of people who would be friends. "

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" I have always loved to use fear, to take it and comprehend it and make it work and consolidate a situation where I was afraid and take it whole and work from there. "

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" You know, sometimes I feel well and vital in the world, and sometimes I just feel so distressed I want to pull my hair out by the roots. "

" My father was a mean, controlling and manipulative person for most of his life. He was unpredictable and unstable. As a result, the atmosphere of our home was super-charged with fear because you never knew if what you did would make him mad or not. "

" Therefore, when I considered this carefully, the contempt which I had to fear because of the novelty and apparent absurdity of my view, nearly induced me to abandon utterly the work I had begun. "

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" Sometimes you must suffer through something to defeat your fear of it. "

" Fear of something is at the root of hate for others, and hate within will eventually destroy the hater. "

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Chuck Palahniuk

" If I had a motto, it would be, 'Believe in God, fear the church'. "

Margrethe Vestager

" There is no nation so powerful, as the one that obeys its laws not from principals of fear or reason, but from passion. "

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" Do not fear mistakes. There are none. "

" I do support artists standing by their beliefs and walking with integrity. We have to find a better way to commercially exploit music while giving artists their proper respect. This cannot be done while taking their contributions for granted or trying to control the scope of their growth and power through threats and fear tactics. "

" My mother and father were never frightened of anything. They always felt that they should go through life happily and without fear, and they did that. And it was a great boon to my brother and myself. "

John Cassavetes

" I say I am stronger than fear. "

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" Fear makes us feel our humanity. "

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