We are never doing anyone any favors by withholding our gifts from the world. It's scary to be fierce, but you can't compromise that for fear of losing those around you.
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Related Those who fear that we are losing our individualism couldn't be more wrong: Americans have never... RICK SMOLAN There's a long way to fall when you pretend that you're so far away from the earth, far away... RIHANNA You can't let yourself be pushed around. You can't live in fear. I mean, some people do live... BERNHARD GOETZ You can't let yourself be pushed around. You can't live in fear. That's no way to live y... BERNHARD GOETZ With young people, I always say, 'You're not doing anyone any favours by withholding your po... IDINA MENZEL We are far from perfect but willing to be different. CRAIG GROESCHEL It's interesting how we often can't see the ways in which we are being strong - like, you ca... LENA DUNHAM Losses have propelled me to even bigger places, so I understand the importance of losing. You can ne... VENUS WILLIAMS Being yourself is one of the hardest things because it's scary. You always wonder whether you... 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HOLLY HUNTER The thing I find really scary about ghosts and demons is that you don't really know what they ar... OREN PELI It's scary to become a woman in this world. We have to understand that some of the messages we g... FRANCESCA LIA BLOCK Successful people have a bigger fear of failure than people who've never done anything because i... JAY-Z Everybody that listens to something hears it differently from their own perspective. And you can'... BUDDY DEFRANCO There's fear in everything, but we can't just succumb to that. We have to suppress it, so we... ELI ROTH Those who say, 'It can't be done,' are usually interrupted by others doing it. JOEL A. BARKER AIDS is such a scary thing and it's also the kind of thing that you think won't happen to yo... ICE T I've found a woman I can relate to. That's something - and I don't even feel sappy sayin... MARILYN MANSON We can never make ourselves better by trying... praying more or longer, studying more of the Word, p... JOYCE MEYER Experiences are the gifts from God, but we never seek those directly. You and I are to be seeking. Y... BRIAN RICHARDSON I constantly think I'll be found out any second. Some of the crazy stuff that goes through your ... FAYE MARSAY We accept so many things that come through the media; we get used to them, however vigilant we are. ... KEITH JARRETT I think, whenever you're doing anything, you don't want anyone anywhere to watch it and thin... CLAIRE FOY The scary thing about the future... there will be tiny cameras everywhere, and they'll be flying... MATT GROENING It's always great to have a purpose of a meeting and an ending for it, but it's even more im... HANS VESTBERG Never let anyone define what you are capable of by using parameters that don't apply to you. CHUCK CLOSE You can't win for losing. Either you fulfill their stereotype of being a radical 60's person... BERNADINE DOHRN If I can relay anything, it's that if someone has a dream, and it isn't the norm of what oth... DAVID HALLBERG The longer you remain silent, the longer you don't turn over documents, a presumption begins to ... TREY GOWDY It's impossible to accept love from anyone else if you don't love yourself. It's a big i... CHRISSY METZ You don't have to buy from anyone. You don't have to work at any particular job. You don'... HARRY BROWNE I've never told anyone this. But I suffer from terrible stage fright. True. You can't tell t... JOHN LYDON That's what I love about our music - it'll never be a hit because you can't dance to it. ADAM JONES What's really scary about the original 'Blair Witch' is that it doesn't really answe... ADAM WINGARD I've always said that you can't be the new Mel Blanc by doing Mel Blanc's voice. BILLY WEST Certainly, those of us in the entertainment industry, we are part of creating fear in people - '... HILL HARPER I would think, as an artist, it's inescapable that you'll be affected by the world around yo... DAVE FILONI Don't ever, ever, believe anyone who tells you that you can just get by, by doing the easiest th... MARIA BARTIROMO I'm more frightened than interested by artificial intelligence - in fact, perhaps fright and int... GEMMA WHELAN When you're onstage and you know you're bombing, that's very, very scary. Because you kn... CHRISTOPHER WALKEN No-one really feels self-confident deep down because it's an artificial idea. Really, people are... RUSSELL BRAND Curiosity is the essence of human existence. 'Who are we? Where are we? Where do we come from? W... EUGENE CERNAN Curiosity is the essence of human existence. 'Who are we? Where are we? Where do we come from? W... GENE CERNAN It's true that America can't solve every problem, but I don't know of any major problem ... HILLARY CLINTON There's so many kids in the world who are told, 'You can't do this, you can't do tha... NATE ROBINSON We can't all be like Ryan Seacrest... the perfect platform manifestation of a human. I don't... ZE FRANK You're doing a major merger, you got to hope you didn't get it wrong. That's the view of... IVAN GLASENBERG Most people who make threats don't follow through. The most dangerous people are often those who... SUSAN ESTRICH Fear can be good when you're walking past an alley at night or when you need to check the locks ... QUEEN LATIFAH It's an honour to be a world champion, and it can never be taken away from you. CAROLINE BUCHANAN I really can't blame anyone but myself, because I didn't have to deliver the album. But when... PRAS MICHEL I've got a really great team around me. They're the ones that are in the restaurants on a da... TODD ENGLISH That's the thing: You don't understand burnout unless you've been burned out. And it'... ELENA DELLE DONNE There's lots of things that can't make it in the world that are worth making. There are lots... DANA SPIOTTA Roads are necessary, but the fact that we don't fully recognize that when you build a road you... RICHARD LAMM Those who say it can't be done are usually interrupted by others doing it. JAMES A. BALDWIN The best work of literature to represent the American Dream is 'The Great Gatsby' by F. Scot... AZAR NAFISI You don't always have to be doing something. You can just be, and that's plenty. ALICE WALKER You know, we all have our inner demons. I, for one - I can't speak for you, but I'm on the v... GLENN BECK If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, it's just possible you haven'... JEAN KERR You've never seen a Columbine done by a black child. Never. They always say, 'We can't b... VAN JONES You can be all that you want to be. Keep dreaming and reach out to your dreams. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA I'm lucky in that I can't see myself doing an office job every day. I'm lucky that I can... RAJIV OUSEPH It's scary to me to watch the world around us get less and less physical while in the imaginary ... MARY GAITSKILL Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON But in a tournament, you can be said in for all your money at any point so you can't make any mi... AL ALVAREZ You can't see fear or lust; you can't photograph someone's anxieties, how disappointment... DUANE MICHALS The parrot's so funny. He imitates me and I don't even realize he's doing it. I'm wa... MICK RALPHS I don't have any fear of turning 30. But maybe that's because I know I'm never going to ... ALFIE ALLEN I don't believe that directors need to essentially manipulate actors into doing things. You can ... RUTH NEGGA If I were to give you a list of names of the people, world political figures, who have been assisted... CHARLES MCCARRY I like things that are just about to go. Everything's leaving. Death is never far away from me. ... GARY HUME If you don't find time to meditate and get all that negative out, and if you don't have the ... NATE DIAZ It's been vindicating to see the reaction from lawmakers, judges, public bodies around the world... EDWARD SNOWDEN You can't put those guys like Marciano or anyone else in with today's class of fighters. LARRY HOLMES It's something that - jazz is one of the few things that you can go and listen to, I don't c... BILLY HIGGINS
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