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" Nixon represents that dark, venal and incurably violent side of the American character almost every other country in the world has learned to fear and despise. "

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" If fear is the great enemy of intimacy, love is its true friend. "

" None but a coward dares to boast that he has never known fear. "

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" We live in a society bloated with data yet starved for wisdom. We're connected 24/7, yet anxiety, fear, depression and loneliness is at an all-time high. We must course-correct. "

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" I am grateful that I didn't let fear get the best of me. It only holds you back from possibilities and greatness. "

" People speak of the fear of the blank canvas as though it is a temporary hesitation, a trembling moment of self-doubt. For me it was more like being abducted from my bed by a clown, thrust into a circus arena with a wicker chair, and told to tame a pissed-off lion in front of an expectant crowd. "

" I am a generous man, by nature, and far more trusting than I should be. Indeed. The real world is risky territory for people with generosity of spirit. Beware. "

" There are so many things to talk about between black people, Hispanic people, white people, gay people, men, women, it's all based on fear. We all have fears, this thing that stops us from embracing as we are one. We are never going to be one. People are messed up, but humor lets us see how ignorant we can be. "

" I was set free because my greatest fear had been realized, and I still had a daughter who I adored, and I had an old typewriter and a big idea. And so rock bottom became a solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life. "

" The time to take counsel of your fears is before you make an important battle decision. That's the time to listen to every fear you can imagine! When you have collected all the facts and fears and made your decision, turn off all your fears and go ahead! "

" Jealousy, greed, fear. We're all full of these things. But also love and compassion. If you saw a drowning baby, it wouldn't matter if you were wearing a tuxedo on the way to your own wedding. You'd jump in to save him. "

" The entire educational process must be carried out with love, which is perceptible in every disciplinary measure and which does not instill any fear. And the most effective educational method is not the word of instruction but the living example without which all words remain useless. "

" Your doubts are generated by fear, and fear is a series of distorted thoughts. "

" The independent girl is a person before whose wrath only the most rash dare stand, and, they, it must be confessed, with much fear and trembling. "

" Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence. "

" I'm a strong believer that you can build great companies in time of both greed and fear. But you have to be paying attention and operating under the right assumptions. You don't have to believe history repeats itself, but you should accept that history rhymes. "

" For most of us, relationship with another is based on dependence, either economic or psychological. This dependence creates fear, breeds in us possessiveness, results in friction, suspicion, frustration. "

" We have perhaps a natural fear of ends. We would rather be always on the way than arrive. Given the means, we hang on to them and often forget the ends. "

" You've got to kick fear to the side, because the payoff is huge. "

" Without the compassionate understanding of the fear and trepidation that lie behind courageous speech, we are bound only to our arrogance. "

" If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results of a hundred battles. "

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

" I have no fear of being less beautiful, I've always been afraid of not being beautiful. "

" So then learn to conquer your fear. This is the only art we have to master nowadays: to look at things without fear, and to fearlessly do right. "

" Actually, I have this random fear, and it's of bees and wasps. Bees and wasps actually scare me just a little bit. I'd rather have a snake or a crocodile, yes... I appreciate them, and I love them, but I have a slight fear. "

Bindi Irwin

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" That was always the difference between Muhammad Ali and the rest of us. He came, he saw, and if he didn't entirely conquer - he came as close as anybody we are likely to see in the lifetime of this doomed generation. "

" There is nothing I fear more than waking up without a program that will help me bring a little happiness to those with no resources, those who are poor, illiterate, and ridden with terminal disease. "

" Yes, there is a terrible moral in 'Dorian Gray' - a moral which the prurient will not be able to find in it, but it will be revealed to all whose minds are healthy. Is this an artistic error? I fear it is. It is the only error in the book. "

" Love will find a way through paths where wolves fear to prey. "