Afraid Quotes

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What I see is trying to make sure that everybody thinks you have more than what you actually have. Whatâ€™s the point if you actually… — Jill Scott
One day I realized I was living in a country where I was afraid to be black. It was only a country for white people.… — Josephine Baker
Don't bring a prop. It's almost like they were afraid nobody would know who they are. — Johnny Weir
Someone must not be afraid to say, 'moral perversion is wrong.' If we do not act now, homosexuals will 'own' America! If you and I… — Jerry Falwell
Let us have the courage to defy the consensus, the courage to stand for principle. Courage, not compromise, brings the smile of Godâ€™s approval. Courage… — Thomas S. Monson
I never really had a childhood. I was around adults all the time. My favorite book when I was eight was â€œEverything You Always Wanted… — Drew Barrymore
There is no art without intoxication. But I mean a mad intoxication! Let reason teeter! Delirium! The highest degree of delirium! Plunged in burning dementia!… — Jean Dubuffet
It's how creativity works. Especially in humans. For every good idea, ten thousand idiotic ones must first be posed, sifted, tried out, and discarded. A… — David Brin
Yes, I'm afraid the life over here is very different from N.Z. but oh boy it's a grand life. — Jack Lovelock
The question we must ask ourselves as a culture is whether we want to embrace the change that must come, or resist it. Are we… — Howard Lyman
Think of it this way: There are two kinds of failure. The first comes from never trying out your ideas because you are afraid, or… — Robert Greene
Having limits to push against is how you find out what you can do. I have always been full of contradictions. I am shy but… — Sylvie Guillem
I am wondering what would have happened to me if some fluent talker had converted me to the theory of the eight-hour day and convinced… — Thomas A. Edison
Do not be afraid of simplicity. If you have a cold chicken for supper, why cover it with a tasteless white sauce which makes it… — Marcel Boulestin
Sometimes I shut up cause I'm afraid I don't have anything interesting to tell anyway — Nick Carter
I never hang my feet off the end of the bed -I'm afraid little gremlins will bite my toes! Really! — Nick Carter
I didn't want to be thirtysomething and not know what I was going to do. I was quite afraid of that, there were quite a… — Stella McCartney
If I was sad or afraid, I would sit in a corner and sing. If I was happy I would jump into the middle of… — Nana Mouskouri
Since peace is alone in the gift of God; and since it is He who gives it, why should we be afraid? His unspeakable gift… — Michael Faraday
Sometimes we shrink from leadership because our pride makes us afraid of failure. That's not humility. — Francis Chan

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