Scare Quotes

• In most communities it is illegal to cry 'fire' in a crowded assembly. Should it not be considered serious international misconduct to manufacture a general war scare in an effort to achieve local political aims?

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Fear, War, Fire

  Eisenhower, Dwight D. (1959). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1958”, p.607, Best Books on

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  You never know what's around the corner unless you peek. Hold someone's hand while you do it. You will feel less scared.

  Amy Poehler

  Inspirational, Fear, Hands

  Harvard University Class Day Commencement Address, delivered 26 May 2011

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• It's easier to scare someone than to persuade him.

  Edwin Feulner

  Liberty, Libertarian, Easier

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• When we face our fears, we can find our freedom.

  Joyce Meyer

  Freedom, Fear, Faces

  Twitter post from Jul 4, 2013

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• Do what scares you, your dreams are there waiting for you.

  Christina Perri

  Dream, Waiting, Waiting For You

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• Everything that scares you is an opportunity to know your best self better.

  Robin Sharma

  Opportunity, Self, Knows

  FaceBook post by Robin Sharma from Apr 23, 2014

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• Ezra clapped his hands. "all right," he said. "In addition to the books we're reading as a class, I want to do an extra side project on unreliable narrators." Devon Arliss raised her hand. "what does that mean?" Ezra strode around the room. "well, the narrator tells us the story in the book, right? But what if... the narrator isn't telling us the truth? Maybe he's telling us his skewed version of the story to get you on his side. Or to scare you. Or maybe he's crazy!

  Sara Shepard

  Crazy, Book, Reading

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• Courage is being scared to death... and saddling up anyway.

  John Wayne

  Veterans Day, Courage, Fear

  John Wayne, Carol Lea Mueller (2007). “The Quotable John Wayne: The Grit and Wisdom of an American Icon”, p.34, Taylor Trade Publications

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• Do one thing every day that scares you.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Positive, New Year

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• A good scare is worth more than good advice.

  Horace

  Funny, Advice, Simple Life

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• If you lack initiative, recognize that the problem comes from the inside, not from others. Determine why you hesitate to take action. Does risk scare you? Are you discouraged by past failures? Do you not see the potential that opportunity offers? Find the source of your hesitation, and address it. You won't be able to move forward on the outside until you can move forward on the inside.

  John C. Maxwell

  Moving, Past, Opportunity

  John C. Maxwell (2007). “The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader: Becoming the Person Others Will Want to Follow”, p.47, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• We are the only species of mammal that doubts our ability to give birth. It's profitable to scare women about birth. But let's stop it. I tell women: Your body is not a lemon.

  Ina May Gaskin

  Inspirational, Women, Giving

  FaceBook post by Ina May Gaskin from Mar 22, 2015

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• We're connected, as women. It's like a spiderweb. If one part of that web vibrates, if there's trouble, we all know it, but most of the time we're just too scared, or selfish, or insecure to help. But if we don't help each other, who will?

  Sarah Addison Allen

  Selfish, Women, Insecure

  Sarah Addison Allen (2011). “The Peach Keeper: A Novel”, p.135, Bantam

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• I remember my own childhood vividly...I knew terrible things. But I knew I mustn't let adults know I knew. It would scare them

  Maurice Sendak

  Childhood, Adults, Remember

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• It's not the violence of the few that scares me, it's the silence of the many

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Silence, Violence

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• Do something that scares you every day. You have nothing to lose but fear itself.

  Dalai Lama

  Nothing To Lose, Loses

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• Sometimes if something scares me, I lean right into it . I’m not a brave person— I’m more of a fearless idiot.

  Nia Vardalos

  Brave Person, Fearless, Idiot

  Nia Vardalos (2013). “Instant Mom”, p.3, Harper Collins

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• I've have a number of violent tics. With Tourette syndrome, there's not just compulsive actions, but compulsive thoughts as well. That used to scare my mother a lot.

  Dash Mihok

  Mother, Numbers, Action

  "Actor: I hid Tourette's from Hollywood". Interview with Ben Tinker, www.cnn.com. September 20, 2013.

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• What are you?" I rasped. It smiled. "Whatever scares you.

  Kim Harrison

  Fright

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• Does it scare me, driving into nothing at 300kph? - Of course it does - I'm not an idiot.

  Alain Prost

  Doe, Driving, Idiot

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• One day I visited a guy who had made a fortune as a broker. He was sitting in his office with his computer. I hire people from here and make deals from this room, he told me. Then he took me to the trading room. Nobody was talking to anybody else, the place was silent as a tomb, they were all sitting there watching their terminals - a great word, terminal. I tell you, it scares the crap out of me.

  Studs Terkel

  Talking, People, Office

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• We're never going to scare people into living more sustainably! We have to be able to demonstrate just how dynamic and aspirational such a world could be

  Jonathon Porritt

  Future, People, Vision

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• For all their scare tactics, President Obama and Democrats have no plan whatsoever to preserve Medicare for future generations - or protect it for today's seniors and those nearing retirement. They did, however, cut Medicare by $700 billion to bankroll Obamacare.

  Reince Priebus

  Senior, Retirement, Cutting

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• I do think you have to scare yourself. That's where your creativity or your growth comes from. Scaring yourself, challenging yourself, taking those risks, and not caring about what anyone thinks.

  Rita Wilson

  Creativity, Caring, Thinking

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• I love Saturday nights with my best friend and a big bowl of pasta, wanting a good scare, something that will say, 'Listen, your life is not as bad as this. Your life can be so much worse'.

  Vera Farmiga

  Friendship, Night, My Best Friend

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