Of the primary emotions, fear is the one that bears most directly on survival. Children show fear. Adults try not to, maybe because it's shameful, or, in some circumstances, dangerous. The fear response is automatic, though, and your body runs through its reflexes whether you want it to or not.
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Related Fear runs our lives. It doesn't matter who you are. You have to understand your relationship wit... CHRIS PINE Like the marriage contract you entered into, your divorce is a legal transaction. Treat it that way.... LAURA WASSER Surveys have shown that ranking very close to the fear of death is the fear of public speaking. Why ... GAVIN DE BECKER The filmmaking process is a very personal one to me, I mean it really is a personal kind of communic... DAVID CRONENBERG Your fear is 100% dependent on you for its survival. STEVE MARABOLI Loneliness is, I think, people's biggest fear, whether they are conscious of it or not. ANDREW STANTON When you say 'fear of the unknown', that is the definition of fear; fear is the unknown, fea... M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN Mediocrity scares me. It's the fear of not being as good as you want to be. If you give over to ... CHRIS PINE The litmus test for whether I want to take on a role or not is usually fear. If I'm afraid of it... BRIT MARLING There is a mystique and fear surrounding grizzlies. I want to try and teach people to have a very he... JIM COLE Is it useful to feel fear, because it prepares you for nasty events, or is it useless, because nasty... LEMONY SNICKET How can you defy fear? Fear is a human instinct, just like hunger. Whether you like it or not, you b... SHIRIN EBADI The medicine to fear, these days, is a dose of reality! Because these days the reality is far worse ... C. JOYBELL C. Fear is a human emotion that is triggered by a perceived threat. It is a basic survival mechanism th... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA The deepest fear we have, 'the fear beneath all fears,' is the fear of not measuring up, the... TULLIAN TCHIVIDJIAN Fear is a natural emotion in life, but you cannot let it dictate your actions. When you act out of f... TIANA DALICHOV With something like cancer, there is a feeling that you can fight it in some way or control your res... KEVIN WHATELY Fear is the primary tool of the mafiya. It's how they contain their vast criminal enterprise. For th... GARY "GUNZ" GOVICH The antithesis of love is Fear, not anger. At the core of all persistent or long-term emotional suff... DONNA M THOMAS It is quite normal to fear what one most desires. We desire to transcend the Story of the World that... CHARLES EISENSTEIN What is needed, rather than running away or controlling or suppressing or any other resistance, is u... JIDDU KRISHNAMURTI What is needed, rather than running away or controlling or suppressing or any other resistance, is u... KRISHNAMURTI If you are not concerned about the outcome of a circumstance, you will experience no fear. Whatever ... CHING NING CHU Whether you like it or not, you're forced to come to the realisation that death is out there. Bu... CLINT EASTWOOD I've always had a huge fear of dying or becoming ill. The thing I'm most afraid of, though, ... JENNIFER LOPEZ I don't want fear or cancer to define me, but it's always in the back of your mind. ETHAN ZOHN Whatever you fear most has no power - it is your fear that has the power. OPRAH WINFREY Stage fright is my worst problem. A voice is very intimate. It's something of your own. So there... ANDREA BOCELLI Within a system which denies the existence of basic human rights, fear tends to be the order of the ... AUNG SAN SUU KYI One of the most gratifying things I get as an artist is when people watch me do these different demo... CRISS ANGEL Fear paralyses you - fear of flying, fear of the future, fear of leaving a rubbish marriage, fear of... ANNIE LENNOX Maybe it's because One Direction was just on 'SNL,' or because I'm playing The Wante... CARSON DALY There is that awful moment when you realize that you're falling in love. That should be the most... HELEN MIRREN Well, the most terrible fear that anybody should have is not war, is not a disease, not cancer or he... JONATHAN WINTERS We have but one life so make the most of it. Live life to its fullest without fear or regret and mak... LATIKA TEOTIA The colour of fear is never dark or black; it has the colour of thunderbolt; usually white, but can ... MUNIA KHAN Standing before this building, I learn something about fear. I learn that it is not the idle fantasi... JOHN GREEN Standing before this building, I learn something about fear. I learn that it is not the idle fantasi... JOHN GREEN It's easy when you grow up in fear to act out of fear. I don't want to embrace that fear; I ... AKHIL SHARMA It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death. EPICTETUS If you do things, whether it's acting or music or painting, do it without fear - that's my p... ANTHONY HOPKINS Your fear of the truth does not hide or dilute it. STEVE MARABOLI We should not scorn those whose fear is greater than our own. WARREN EYSTER There is no such thing as fear until you allow it to enter your heart. If I told you what really hap... SUZY KASSEM I always tell my children, 'You have to face your fear. If not, it's like running from a dog... JACLYN SMITH Fear is the imaginary response to something that has not happened. STEVE MARABOLI It's a constant parameter of fear. The fear is that, if you can lose two [children], can you lose th... JAN BLOCK It is not a person or situation that affects your life; it is the meaning you give to that person or... SHANNON L. ALDER Fear is not action but a reaction to circumstances around one. JAIME CONTRERAS Integrity is not everything, but it is the only thing that matters. JEFFREY FRY For me, it's not necessarily interesting to play a strong, fearless woman. It's interesting ... NATALIE DORMER Fear is a human emotion that is triggered by a perceived threat. It is a basic survival mechanism th... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA You got to have a lot of desire I guess and then the other thing is you got can't have any fear, and... WALT DAVIS Face every challenge and task firmly and boldly. You may be tested many times through your journey t... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA That's an amazing feeling, to walk onstage, and you're not thinking about anything, you'... ERIC MCCORMACK Shame is the most powerful, master emotion. It's the fear that we're not good enough. BRENE BROWN Life is made of fear. Some people eat fear soup three times a day. Some people eat fear soup all the... MARTIN AMIS I hope I can bring the realization that everyone is controlled by fear. Whether it is imagined or ac... DEBBY SHOUN What is it that you want to do, or put out into this world that is greater than your fear? EILEEN ANGLIN Fear seems to have many causes. Fear of loss, fear of failure, fear of being hurt, and so on, but ul... ECKHART TOLLE The reason many do not allow change in their life is because they fear the unknown. Get bold! Follow... DONNA M THOMAS Whether it is the old lady's fear, or the many ghostly traditions of this place, or the crucifix... BRAM STOKER To show a 'well-founded fear of persecution', an alien need not prove that it is more likely... JOHN PAUL STEVENS But that’s the nature of money. Whether you have it or not, whether you want it or not, whether yo... PHIL KNIGHT I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I... FRANK HERBERT One factor which deprives one of success is fear, fear of failure, Remember there is nothing to fear... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA Fear is the venom impact of predator sting, causing prey not to be focus on the survival. TOBA BETA Just let go of the need to care about whether it happens or not, then you are free from fear and can... STEPHEN RICHARDS Strength is not described by muscle or weight, it is described by fear, emotions, wisdom and ability... JEFFREY LEONARD Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased... FRANCIS BACON Men fear Death, as children fear to go in the dark; and as that
natural fear in children is increas... FRANCIS BACON Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased... SIR FRANCIS BACON Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased... FRANCIS BACON Fear is the greatest obstacle to learning. But fear is your best friend. Fear is like fire. If you l... MIKE TYSON It's one of the terrors of old age that your body is not your friend. Or to be out on the street... ISRAEL HOROVITZ You want to find out what it is about you or what it is about your past and your lineage that's ... OLIVIA D'ABO You don't know fear until it's 7 A.M. and freezing cold on live television, and you're n... HALSEY I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I... FRANK HERBERT Courage is not the absence of fear, it is the ability to act in the presence of fear. BRUCE LEE Do I have the courage of being a ruthless man to myself with the complete knowledge on my manner or ... FEREIDOON YAZDI Try a thing you haven't done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn ho... VIRGIL THOMSON Try a thing you haven't done three times. Once, to get over
the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn ho... VIRGIL THOMSON Fear is the most debilitating emotion in the world, and it can keep you from ever truly knowing your... KEVYN AUCOIN I think the big mistake in schools is trying to teach children anything, and by using fear as the ba... STANLEY KUBRICK Lifes biggest fear, is fear itself.
Fear makes you lose your sense of trust.
Fear (not hate) is the ... RENATE VULLINGS Fear is the venom impact of predator sting, causing prey not to be focus on the survival. TOBA BETA A voice is very intimate. It's something of your own. So there's always this fear, because y... ANDREA BOCELLI I think we too often make choices based on the safety of cynicism, and what we're lead to is a l... KEN BURNS See, what you're meant to do when you have a mid-life crisis is buy a fast car, aren't you? ... ROBBIE COLTRANE See, what you're meant to do when you have a mid-life crisis is buy a fast car, aren't you? ... ROBBIE COLTRAINE Everyone's frightened. It's how you deal with that fear. It's very, very powerful. And w... JIMMY IOVINE For those who think religious people live in a constant state of fear and quaking, compare Ps 111:10... MICHAEL BEN ZEHABE Courage doesn’t defeat fear or erase fear or adjust to fear. Courage acts, plain and simple, in th... RICHELLE E. GOODRICH We've all had that fear, that despair of losing someone, or this fierce desire because it's ... EMMANUELLE BEART I need not fear my enemies because the most they can do is attack me. I need not fear my friends bec... RUSSIAN PROVERB One of the greatest gifts we can give people is the hope that their death is nothing to fear - you k... MAX LUCADO Fear is an underrated emotion. And that's why I think it's very dangerous to try and cosset ... MARK GATISS Defeating fear is not a light switch. For most of us, it's daily work. WILLIAM HURT I do not trust those who make the vaccines, or the apparatus behind it all to push it on us through ... BILLY CORGAN Run from fear and it chases you. Chase fear and it runs from you. JEFFREY BENJAMIN
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