The great characteristic of men of active genius is a sublime self-confidence, springing not from self-conceit, but from an intense identification of… — Edwin Percy Whipple Copy Share Image
I fear dying in the middle of a book. It would be so annoying to write 80,000 words and not get to… — Anthony Horowitz Copy Share Image
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“Fife... simply walked off by himself, into the jungle to look at all the things which would continue to exist after he… — James Jones Copy Share Image
It seems to me that what most of us have to fear for the future is not that something terrible is going… — J. G. Ballard Copy Share Image
We live in the shadow of crime with the unspoken understanding that we are victims.. of fear, of violence, of social impotence.… — Frank Miller Copy Share Image
The original form is the contagion of fear and alarm. You're in a flock of birds. One bird suddenly takes off. You… — Frans de Waal Copy Share Image
The only calibration that counts is how much heart people invest, how much they ignore their fears of being hurt or caught… — Ted Hughes Copy Share Image
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Three or four threads may be agitated, like telegraph wires, at the same time, and if I were to tap them all… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
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“It's like in someways I've been trying to create without first destroying. Is such a concept possible? For too long I have… — Jeremy Caldwell Copy Share Image
We can look at any experience in two ways: through the eyes of lack, or the eyes of plenty. Fear sees limits,… — Alan Cohen Copy Share Image
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A godly woman fears the Lord. She seeks His will over the approval of anyone else on earth. Her fear of God… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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That has not yet been put to the test. I got my fourth-degree black belt this winter. When I make martial arts… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
I think what all the Universal monster movies are defined by, and what makes them very special, is that it's really the… — Alex Kurtzman Copy Share Image
The sorrow of God lies in our fear of Him, our fear of life, and our fear of ourselves. He anguishes over… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
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Mine are the deep-seated fears established when we are children, and they never quite go away: the fear of being helpless, the… — Virginia C. Andrews Copy Share Image
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The secret dread of modern intellectuals, liberals and conservatives alike, the unadmitted terror at the root of their anxiety, which all of… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Hell has been conceived as a police institution, to inspire fear in this world. But the worst of it all is that… — Miguel de Unamuno Copy Share Image
Thus, when the lamp that lighted The traveller at first goes out, He feels awhile benighted, And looks around in fear and… — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
In the end, yoga for me is all about three things: more joy; being able to collect your capacity so you can… — Rod Stryker Copy Share Image
Worry and reasoning are two of Satan's most successful tools. He'll get us started with one negative thought and then sit back… — Joyce Meyer Copy Share Image
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I dont fear death so much as I fear its prologues: loneliness, decrepitude, pain, debilitation, depression, senility. After a few years of… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
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