Afraid Quotes
5719 quotes by 3276 authors
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The pornography of violence of course far exceeds, in volume and general acceptance, sexual pornography, in this Puritan land of ours. Exploiting the apocalypse, selling…
— Ursula K. Le Guin
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I prayed like a man walking in a forest at night, feeling his way with his hands, at each step fearing to fall into pure…
— Wendell Berry
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I was no longer, if I had ever been, afraid to die: I was now afraid not to die.
— Joan Didion
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I knew I wanted to be a writer and I knew if I had a wife and family, I would neglect something, and I was…
— Ernest Gaines
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People think that if you've written a book and somebody's given you a pat on the back then, you know, it's all - you're all…
— Barry Lopez
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Here in the city the worst thing that can happen to a nation has happened: we are a people afraid of its youth.
— Elizabeth Hardwick
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I don't like showing the technique. I don't like people who say, "Here, I'm going to act, but first I have to bounce off this…
— Clint Eastwood
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Yes, it gets better, but I also understand that saying to a 15-year-old that, 'Oh, don't worry, just wait a year', is like saying 'Wait…
— Rick Mercer
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People will always work harder if they're getting well paid and if they're afraid of losing a job which they know will be hard to…
— Armand Hammer
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Trust yourself so that the mistakes you make are the ones you've made and not something you've made because you were afraid to do what…
— Jennifer Lynch
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My father was afraid of his father, I was afraid of my father, and I don't see why my children shouldn't be afraid of me.
— Lord Mountbatten
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I think we're all a little afraid of the dark. If you lived in the country, as I did, there's nothing quite like country dark,…
— Malcolm McDowell
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I always wanted to be an actor, but I was always fighting it. It never seemed that honorable to me, and I guess I was…
— Rooney Mara
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I'm afraid I didn't really like Caracas in Venezuela. From what I saw it seemed so crime-ridden that you really have to be on your…
— Jo Nesbo
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When I was a teenager, my father went bust. He could have declared himself bankrupt, but he was an honourable man and he insisted on…
— Jo Nesbo
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People are often afraid for me. They think that I am going to break. I can make it through a set.
— Joanna Newsom
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I was pretty awkward when I was young, but I was never afraid of putting myself out there. I would say stupid things but then…
— Kunal Nayyar
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The fundamentalists are increasing. People, afraid to oppose those fundamentalists, shut their mouths. It is really very difficult to make people move against a sensitive…
— Taslima Nasrin
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I'm deathly afraid of rats.
— Jodi Lyn O'Keefe
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Lots of people with little kids or babies with Down syndrome tell me they aren't afraid of the future for their child because of what…
— Lauren Potter
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