#fear

The pressure to compete, the fear somebody else will make the splash first, creates a frenzied environment in which a blizzard of information is presented and serious questions may not be raised. ↗

— Carl Bernstein

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The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

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Learn to reverence night and to put away the vulgar fear of it, for, with the banishment of night from the experience of man, there vanishes as well a religious emotion, a poetic mood, which gives depth to the adventure of humanity. ↗

— Henry Beston

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Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

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He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

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Fear changes everything. We're animals, and when we get afraid we act like animals. I'm not exempt from that. ↗

— Tony Gilroy

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Remember, we know the end of the story of World War II and the Cold War. But day by day, living in fear of the Nazis and then in fear of the Soviets, the outcome was by no means certain. ↗

— Kit Bond

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I have lived through many major hurricanes during my lifetime: Camille, Frederic, and Ivan, to name just a very few. However, never have I seen destruction, panic, and fear on this massive scale. ↗

— Jo Bonner

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For me, it was never a question of whether or not I was transgender. It was a question of what I'd be able to handle transitioning and having to do it in the public eye. One of the issues that was hard for me to overcome was the fear of that. ↗

— Chastity Bono

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The Federal Government is exploiting public fear to redefine the relationship between the rulers and the American people. ↗

— James Bovard

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