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> [“Because once you're afraid of one thing, you can get scared of a lot of stuff.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ava-dellaira/because-once-you-re-afraid-of-one-thing-you-can-get-scared-of-a-lot/)

[Ava Dellaira](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ava-dellaira/)

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> [When you are afraid, do the thing you are afraid of and soon you will lose your fear of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-vincent-peale/when-you-are-afraid-do-the-thing-you-are-afraid-of-and-soon-you-will/)

[Norman Vincent Peale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-vincent-peale/)

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> [“My name is Kami and I am constantly afraid. And the thing that scares me the most is the very thing I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-l-jennings/my-name-is-kami-and-i-am-constantly-afraid-and-the-thing-that-scares/)

[S.L. Jennings](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-l-jennings/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/367/s-l-jennings-4920_afraid_my-name-is-kami-and-i-am-constantly-afra_531595.jpg)

> [We must see that we are afraid of the thing we most desire, and so we live a mediocre life, never bringing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-deida/we-must-see-that-we-are-afraid-of-the-thing-we-most-desire-and-so-we/)

[David Deida](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-deida/)

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> [I'm afraid one thing - I don't like heights. Heights bug me out. I'm not cool with heights. I refuse to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-b-smoove/i-m-afraid-one-thing-i-don-t-like-heights-heights-bug-me-out-i-m-not/)

[J. B. Smoove](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-b-smoove/)

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> [what makes us so afraid is the thing we half see, or half hear, as in a wood at dusk, when a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edna-o-brien/what-makes-us-so-afraid-is-the-thing-we-half-see-or-half-hear-as-in-a/)

[Edna O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edna-o-brien/)

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> [I'm afraid I go through the same thing all the time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-lee/i-m-afraid-i-go-through-the-same-thing-all-the-time/)

[Stan Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-lee/)

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> [All the time, I'm afraid the thing that happened that made it all right for my mother to kill my sister could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toni-morrison/all-the-time-i-m-afraid-the-thing-that-happened-that-made-it-all/)

[Toni Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toni-morrison/)

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