#scared

I'm scared of screwing up my kids. ↗

I'd say three years ago we played in my hometown of San Antonio for 55,000 people at the Alamodome and walking out there with a crowd like that is just, you're excited, you're scared. There are just so many emotions going on. I still get nervous for things like that until after I sing about the first one or two songs, then I settle down. ↗

— George Strait

#after #ago #antonio #crowd #down

I think that the roots of racism have always been economic, and I think people are desperate and scared. And when you're desperate and scared you scapegoat people. It exacerbates latent tendencies toward - well, toward racism or homophobia or anti-Semitism. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#anti-semitism #been #desperate #economic #i

We have magnificent brains, but we use a great deal of our brilliance to keep ourselves stuck and ignorant, to keep ourselves from not shining. We are so afraid of our beauty and radiance and brilliance because it scared the adults around us when we were children. ↗

— Patricia Sun

#around #beauty #because #brains #brilliance

Publicly, we're saying we're better at fighting terrorism. Privately, we know that the bureaucracy has only gotten worse, since the high-level people are scared of being held responsible for 9/11. ↗

— David Hunt

#better #bureaucracy #fighting #gotten #held

I've found the best way is to not be scared of the attention but to be grateful for it and open to it. It makes my days better rather than being annoyed that people want my attention. ↗

— Brandon Routh

#attention #be grateful #being #best #best way

I'm scared of clowns. ↗

— Jada Pinkett Smith

#i #scared

I know that if I wasn't scared, something's wrong, because the thrill is what's scary. ↗

— Richard Pryor

#i #know #scared #scary #something

The thought of dancing scared me. A lot. Because I have absolutely no aptitude for it. ↗

— Daniel Radcliffe

#aptitude #because #dancing #i #lot

Is it worse to be scared than to be bored, that is the question. ↗