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• It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. What scares you, is not your weaknesses, but your strengths.

  Guillaume Musso

  Light, Darkness, Weakness

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• I think you're the sort of person who finds money on the ground and waves it in the air and asks if anyone has lost it. I think you cry in movies that aren't even sad because you have a soft heart, though you don't let it show. I think you do things that scare you, and that makes you braver than those adrenaline junkies who bungee-jump off bridges.

  Gayle Forman

  Heart, Thinking, Air

  Gayle Forman (2013). “Just One Day”, p.56, Penguin

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• I don't like anything that scares me, and I prefer to face it head on and get over it. Anyone who says they're not scared is a fool, a liar or both. I just don't want that fear in my stomach to be part of my life, so I work to eliminate it.

  Anderson Cooper

  Liars, Want, Faces

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• I am not scared of you, I am scare of these feelings.

  Judy Blume

  Fear, Feelings, Scared

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• In reality, childhood is deep and rich. It's vital, mysterious, and profound. I remember my OWN childhood vividly; I knew terrible things, but I knew I mustn't let the adults *know* I knew... it would scare them.

  Art Spiegelman

  Reality, Profound, Childhood

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• It takes so little to change everything. If you really thought about it, it would scare you to death.

  Sarah Dessen

  Littles, Ifs

  Sarah Dessen (2013). “The Moon and More”, p.101, Penguin

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• Now clear your minds. It knows what scares you. It has from the very beginning. Don't give it any help, it knows too much already.

  Zelda Rubinstein

  Giving, Mind, Too Much

  "Fictional character: Tangina". "Poltergeist", www.imdb.com. 1982.

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• What he has in addition is pure empathy and projection,” Dr. Bloom said. “He can assume your point of view, or mine – and maybe some other points of view that scare and sicken him. It’s an uncomfortable gift, Jack. Perception’s a tool that’s pointed on both ends.

  Thomas Harris

  Views, Empathy, Perception

  Thomas Harris (2009). “Red Dragon”, p.189, Penguin

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• If someone's different from you and it scares you or makes you mad, that's God telling you to take a closer look. If you're scared or mad, that's about you, not about the person who scares you or angers you.

  Chris Crutcher

  Mad, Different, Looks

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• The first and great commandment is: Don't let them scare you.

  Elmer Davis

  Inspirational, Motivational, Fear

  'But We Were Born Free' (1954) ch. 1

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• Its easy to have kids, people try to scare you into thinking "oh its hard to have kids" Its not. I have two, and I have no idea where they are right now. Kids are adorable, someone will always take care of them.

  Dan Cummins

  Hilarious, Kids, Thinking

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• Look what scares you in the face and try to understand it. Empathy is revolutionary.

  Jane Fonda

  Empathy, Trying, Faces

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• Solitude scares me. It makes me think about love, death, and war. I need distraction from anxious, black thoughts.

  Brigitte Bardot

  Fear, War, Thinking

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• I realize that idealism is out of sync with the cynicism of our age. Skepticism has come to be synonymous with sophistication, and glibness is mistaken for intelligence. In such an atmosphere, why bother aiming high? Far too many people don't. I just want to reassure people to have the courage to persevere, to keep following their hearts even when others scoff. Don't be beaten down by naysayers. Don't let the odds scare you from even trying.

  Howard Schultz

  Courage, Heart, Odds

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• I'm a homer, so the closer [I perform] to my house the better. If I could get crowds to gather around my bed, that would be ideal. I also like doing stand-up in places that I can surf, snowboard, or anywhere that I have a pregnancy scare.

  Daniel Tosh

  Pregnancy, House, Bed

  Source: www.collegehumor.com

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• I know that if I scare myself once a day, I'm a better person.

  Laird Hamilton

  Inspirational, Fear, Better Person

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• As for me... I'm fine. I have bad dreams, but I never saw Mister Duck again. I play video games. I smoke a little dope. I got my thousand-yard stare. I carry a lot of scares. I like the way that sounds. I carry a lot of scares.

  Alex Garland

  Dream, Dope, Games

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• My house is made out of balsa wood, so when I want to scare the neighborhood kids I lift it over my head and tell them to get out of my yard or I'll throw it at them.

  Steven Wright

  Funny, Humor, Kids

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• You don't have to fear this amorphous thing called grief or loss or anger or jealousy. You define it for yourself in the intimacy of your own experience for exactly what it is, and then it comes. In other words, by experiencing your emotions somatically, there is no boogie man to scare you.

  Gary Zukav

  Grief, Loss, Men

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.awaken.com. August 18, 2013.

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• When I first appeared, people couldn't figure out whether I was gay, straight, black, white or whatever, and I loved that. I loved the fact it scares people.

  Pink

  Gay, White, People

  "Philly girl". Interview with Barbara Ellen, www.theguardian.com. June 4, 2006.

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• Ive never seen a more terrifying film than 'The Bababook'. It will scare the hell out of you as it did me.

  William Friedkin

  Film, Hell

  "William Friedkin on why he is beating the drum for 'The Babadook'" by Richard Rushfield, December 9, 2014.

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• If there is anything that I could get you to do, it would be to spend ten to fifteen minutes each morning planning your day. If I could get you to do that, you'd not only scare yourself, you'd intimidate everybody on your block.

  Hyrum W. Smith

  Inspirational, Morning, Block

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• I wish I could sing. I love singers, but I am way too shy. Scares the hell out of me.

  Kevin Eubanks

  Wish, Shy, Singers

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• Natural disasters are terrifying - that loss of control, this feeling that something is just going to randomly end your life for absolutely no reason is terrifying. But, what scares me is the human reaction to it and how people behave when the rules of civility and society are obliterated.

  Eli Roth

  Loss, People, Feelings

  Interview with Jen Ortiz, www.gq.com. May 9, 2013.

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• 'True Blood' excites me. It scares me, but it excites me.

  Jill Scott

  Blood

  "Jill Scott Talks BAGGAGE CLAIM, Working with Paula Patton and Adam Brody, Her Desire to Be on TRUE BLOOD, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. September 28, 2013.

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