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

Bertrand Russell

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" Shyness is about the fear of social judgments - at a job interview or a party you might be excessively worried about what people think of you. Whereas an introvert might not feel any of those things at all, they simply have the preference to be in a quieter setting. "

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" You just have to get rid of fear and confront the world. Look at yourself in the mirror and say to yourself, 'I love you and nothing will destroy you and you're not going to fall.' "

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" I have no fear that the result of our experiment will be that men may be trusted to govern themselves without a master. "

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" I am pretty fearless, and you know why? Because I don't handle fear very well; I'm not a good terrified person. "

" Excessive fear is always powerless. "

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

" It's all about tuning out the noise, tuning out all the stuff that simply doesn't move the game forward - the doubt, the personal agendas, the often deafening fear of judgment and the need to please - so that you can ultimately get to that place of quiet, of calm, where you can focus on what really matters. "

" I've had a hard life. I smell and sense fear. I didn't get that from Catholic school; I know what fear is. "

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" Every man, through fear, mugs his aspirations a dozen times a day. "

" Even though you may want to move forward in your life, you may have one foot on the brakes. In order to be free, we must learn how to let go. Release the hurt. Release the fear. Refuse to entertain your old pain. The energy it takes to hang onto the past is holding you back from a new life. What is it you would let go of today? "

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" I think when we wake up in the morning, we can choose between fear and love. Every morning. And every morning, if you choose one, that doesn't define you until the end... The way you end your story is important. It's important that we choose love over fear, because love is the answer. "

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