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At the root of the shy temperament is a deep fear of social judgment, one so severe it can sometimes be crippling. Introverted people don't worry unduly about whether they'll be found wanting, they just find too much socializing exhausting and would prefer either to be alone or in the company of a select few people.
– Jeffrey Kluger
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At first I wasn't sure that I had the talent, but I did know I had a fear of failure, and that fear compelled me to fight off anything that might abet it.
– Gordon Parks
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As you know from school, it's when you have not prepared for the test that you have the fear of failing. And if you have prepared, even if you fail, you've done your best.
– Alice Walker
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As the only girl growing up among three brothers, I was always afraid of being excluded. If there was a game to be played, a sport to be learned, a competition to join, I was on my feet and ready. I didn't spend much time alone for fear that I'd miss out.
– Elisabeth Shue
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As an actor, to have achieved financial stability is amazing. But I always have this weird fear that I'm not going to get any more work it's about not having enough money.
– Paul Giamatti
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As a younger player, you always kind of play with that fear of failure.
– Jason Giambi
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Are you gonna fuel your faith or fuel your fear? I'm all about fueling my faith, especially when it's hard to do so.
– Carrie-Anne Moss
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Anger elicits anger, fear elicits fear, no matter how well meaning we may be.
– Martha Beck
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And I'm a pretty positive person - I don't put a lot of energy into worrying, and I'm not a person who lives in a great deal of fear.
– Rachel Hunter
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An important consequence of freeing oneself from the fear of death is a radical opening to spirituality of a universal and non-denominational type.
– Stanislav Grof
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All religions have periods in their history which are looked back to with retrospective fear and trembling as eras of persecution, and each religion has its own book of martyrs.
– Richard Le Gallienne
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Acting allows me the freedom to let go, to be in the moment, to be spontaneous. I no longer have the fear of losing, of failure.
– Cathy Rigby
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A merchant who approaches business with the idea of serving the public well has nothing to fear from the competition.
– James Cash Penney
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A lot of people fear death because they think that so overwhelming an experience has to be painful, but I've seen quite a few deaths, and, with one exception, I've never known anyone to undergo anything like agony. That's amazing when you think about it. I mean, how complicated the mechanism is that's being taken apart.
– Lewis Thomas
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A lot of children, like I did, move away from words because of the fear - which is something you have to take out of education: the fear of worrying about what marks you'll get, detention, worrying about letting people down, your parents, teachers.
– Michael Morpurgo
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Until you see fear as an opportunity for growth, you won’t grow beyond your current self.
– Robert Tew
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Until you see fear as an opportunity for growth, you won't grow beyond your current self.
– Robert Tew
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