#fear

I don't know how it is for women or for other guys, but when I was young and in my 20s, I had a fear of marriage. ↗

— Jeff Bridges

#guys #had #how #i #know

Some artists shrink from self-awareness, fearing that it will destroy their unique gifts and even their desire to create. The truth of the matter is quite opposite. ↗

— James Broughton

#create #desire #destroy #even #fearing

I think one of the terrible things today is that people have this deathly fear of food: fear of eggs, say, or fear of butter. Most doctors feel that you can have a little bit of everything. ↗

— Julia Child

#butter #deathly #doctors #eggs #everything

Father was afraid of laughter and joy. He was particularly afraid of ridicule. He was afraid that someone would say that humans are descended from apes. Or that the earth is much older than four thousand years. Or that someone would ask where Noah go his polar bears from. Or that someone would swear. Father was terrified. ↗

— Guus Kuijer

#religion #religion

Don’t be afraid your life will end; be afraid that it will never begin. ↗

— Grace Hansen

#live-life #death

الدرس الذى تعلمته -بعد سنوات طويلة- هو أن أفترض فى كل مأزق أننى سأخرج منه سالماً من ثم أحتفظ بوضوح وترتيب فكرى، إن الهلع لا يجدى .. والموت هو ميعاد مكتوب لن يغيره حذرى ولا رعبى، فإذا جاء .. فلأمت كرجل مبتسماً واثقاً. ↗

— أحمد خالد توفيق

#fear #death

You are right, but the weakness does not come from the millions of Muslims in the world. They do not mind being radical, they have no fear to speak out and to protest and to jihad. ↗

— Abu Bakar Bashir

#come #does #fear #jihad #millions

I believe the American people have a genuine and justifiable fear of government intrusion in what they instinctively know is going to be an ever more intrusive world. ↗

— Joe Biden

#american people #believe #ever #fear #genuine

But to be the best, you must face the best. And to overcome your fear, you must deal with the best. ↗

— Barry Bonds

#deal #face #fear #must #overcome

As long as enough people can be frightened, then all people can be ruled. That is how it works in a democratic system and mass fear becomes the ticket to destroy rights across the board. ↗

— James Bovard

#becomes #board #democratic #democratic system #destroy