"And yet, what is bravery but the capacity……" — L. Neil Smith
"And yet, what is bravery but the capacity to reject our fears, ignore and supress them, then go on to do whatever it is we are afraid to do."
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55 Quotes by L. Neil Smith
L. Neil Smith has 55 quotes on this site.
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A libertarian is a person who believes that no one has the right, under any circumstances, to initiate force against…
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Gun control: The theory that a woman found dead in an alley, raped and strangled with her panty hose, is…
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Never Forget, even for an instant, that the one and only reason anybody has for taking your gun away is…
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People who object to weapons aren't abolishing violence, they're begging for rule by brute force, when the biggest, strongest animals…
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Reread that pesky first clause of the Second Amendment. It doesn't say what any of us thought it said. What…
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Wear a gun to someone else's house, you're saying, 'I'll defend this home as if it were my own.' When…
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It's often been observed that the first casualty of war is the truth. But that's a lie, too, in its…
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As a novelist, I have a somewhat higher soapbox to stand on than most people do when it comes to…
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A libertarian presidential candidate isn't going to win anyway, so he can afford to say that all taxation is theft,…
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Government is waging war against the people.
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Collective states are constitutionally incapable of reliably producing anything but corpses.
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I'll remind you all, however, that for government, existence is a privilege, not a right.
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More Afraid Quotes
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one of 5,719 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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People are so damned afraid that one day they might wake up and discover that they've grown old.
— Billie Joe Armstrong
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I like being a strong, independent woman, and to be honest, I was never afraid to be on my own.
— Dido Armstrong
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I am afraid that the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety.
— Jane Austen
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I am more afraid of those who are terrified of the devil than I am of the devil himself.
— Teresa of Avila
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I just let the work speak for itself. An actor is not afraid to take risks; to put on different…
— Kevin Bacon
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Well, knowledge is a fine thing, and mother Eve thought so; but she smarted so severely for hers, that most…
— Abigail Adams
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I grew up as a Mormon, and that had more of an impact on my values than my beliefs. I'm…
— Amy Adams
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Luck? I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck…
— Lucille Ball
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Women's Lib? Oh, I'm afraid it doesn't interest me one bit. I've been so liberated it hurts.
— Lucille Ball
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I am not finding pregnancy much of a joy. I am afraid of childbirth, but I am afraid I can't…
— Brigitte Bardot
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As a child, I was more afraid of tetanus shots than, for example, Dracula.
— Dave Barry
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I wasn't afraid to be laughed at or be loud.
— Lynda Barry
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