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" We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them. "

Christian Nestell Bovee

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" Unhappy is he to whom the memories of childhood bring only fear and sadness. "

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" Fear not those who argue but those who dodge. "

" Worry is a cycle of inefficient thoughts whirling around a center of fear. "

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" Secrets of the past! Who does not wish to keep the past locked in a cage like a ferocious beast? The rich are sleepless for fear of thieves. The respectable have to guard their reputations in the same way. "

Munshi Premchand

" Fear is the most debilitating emotion in the world, and it can keep you from ever truly knowing yourself and others - its adverse effects can no longer be overlooked or underestimated. Fear breeds hatred, and hatred has the power to destroy everything in its path. "

" Underneath our nice, friendly facades there is great unease. If I were to scratch below the surface of anyone I would find fear, pain, and anxiety running amok. We all have ways to cover them up. We overeat, over-drink, overwork; we watch too much television. "

" Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world. "

Ralph Waldo Emerson

" 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. "

" Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live. "

Dorothy Thompson

" Use the energy that fear creates to focus the mind more intently on the present moment - where fear doesn't exist. "

" While I value the good opinion of my fellow citizens as highly as anyone, I may be permitted to say that I am governed by higher considerations than either the favor or the fear of man. I am impelled to the course I have taken because I fear God. "

Elijah Parish Lovejoy

" How very little can be done under the spirit of fear. "

Florence Nightingale

" Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the dangers of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of 'crackpot' than the stigma of conformity. And on issues that seem important to you, stand up and be counted at any cost. "

" Our lives are full of all the genres. Fear and hope and sadness. "

" My motivation for being a good drummer was born out of fear, which, in a way, seems so antithetical to what art should be. "

Damien Chazelle

" Fear runs our lives. It doesn't matter who you are. You have to understand your relationship with fear. Whether you're scared of getting into a relationship; or taking the new job; or a confrontation - you have to size fear up. "

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

" Everyone wishes that the man whom he fears would perish. "

" The brutal truth is, we're scarcely 'educating' children at all. Even if you overlook the guilt, fear, bigotry, and dangerous anti-intellectual flapdoodle being funneled into young brains by schools on the religious right, what we're doing is training kids to be cogs in the wheels of commerce. "

" Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather that it shall never have a beginning. "

John Henry Newman

" There are individuals who are working very hard to promote fear and antagonism towards Islam and Muslims in this country. It's fueled, in part, by the first African-American president that we have. Obama's father was a Muslim and people have used this to arouse hostility against him. "

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" A lot of people would say 'sexy' is about the body. But to me, 'sexy' is a woman with confidence. I admire women who have very little fear. "

Allegra Versace

" The more you can increase fear of drugs and crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and aliens, the more you control all the people. "

" I like those crisis moments - if you're on top of it and don't get pulled under by panic and fear, it's a very bonding thing. "

" Tell us your phobias and we will tell you what you are afraid of. "

Robert Benchley

" Oh, I'm full of fear. I care about things; therefore, I have fears. I like to think that I'm brave, which is different. Brave means you're able to admit that you care. If you care, you are vulnerable. "

" No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear. "

" Embrace the fear and go for it. That's what I do. I don't run from it - I embrace the fear. "

" Fear is the dark room where the Devil develops his negatives. "