Afraid Quotes
5719 quotes by 3491 authors
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If I was afraid of being killed, I would never speak out against the government.
— Aung San Suu Kyi
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I was afraid to express myself for a while.
— Adam Lambert
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There is not a doubt in my mind that the people of America are hunkered down. They are afraid.
— Ann Richards
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I was not afraid of the press or the militants. It was uncomfortable, but I was not afraid. With respect to the press, I knew…
— Ed Koch
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When I was younger, I was afraid to be myself.
— Lee DeWyze
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I used to make my manager Jamie not tell me where I was going to be the next day, because I was so afraid of…
— Ellie Goulding
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It would be too frightening for me to consider myself a role model. But I like the idea of not being afraid of letting your…
— Florence Welch
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My son, Wolf, was born when I was past 40 and the author of a best-selling novel. That means he has grown up a middle-class…
— Dorothy Allison
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More and more I think of privatisation as being not just about the takeover of resources and power by corporate interests, but as the retreat…
— Rebecca Solnit
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An optimist understands that life can be a bumpy road, but at least it is leading somewhere. They learn from mistakes and failures, and are…
— Harvey Mackay
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Imagine young people would grow up with the feeling that you have to be a hero to do your human duty. I am afraid nobody…
— Miep Gies
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My three husbands were afraid of me. I am a very powerful woman.
— Nawal El Saadawi
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With compassion you can die for other people, like the mother who can die for her child. You have the courage to say it because…
— Thich Nhat Hanh
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The Internet has allowed a lot of access - people feel entitled to change the ending of games, for example. So there are a lot…
— Tim Schafer
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I'm not afraid of dying. To me dying is like getting out of one car and into another.
— John Lennon
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AFRAID? Of whom am I afraid? Not death; for who is he? The porter of my fathers lodge As much abasheth me.
— Emily Dickinson
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When I saw you, I was afraid to meet you... When I met you, I was afraid to kiss you... When I kissed you, I…
— Katharine Hepburn
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Parents who are afraid to put their foot down usually have children who step on their toes.
— Chinese Proverbs
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I'm so tired, but I can't sleep...standing on the edge of something much too deep...funny how I feel so much but cannot say a word...we…
— Sarah McLachlan
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By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were…
— Bible
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