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• When you're scared, you're still hanging on to life. When you're ready to die, you let it go. A sort of emptying out occurs, a giving up on the world that seems oddly familiar even if you've never done it before.

  Sebastian Junger

  Giving Up, Let It Go, Hanging On

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• In most of Pakistan it is a feudal country. People are very scared and oppressed by authority. But when you move to these wilder areas, they are not so easily suppressed.

  Imran Khan

  Country, Moving, People

  "The path of Khan" by Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. July 1, 2006.

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• I'm quite scared of flying, and especially helicopters, I don't like them at all.

  Heidi Klum

  Flying, Helicopters

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• At first, I was scared to show fear because you can never be sure how people will perceive you. But I dared myself to do that, to stand out. Now I'll talk about being beaten up or robbed or making a stupid decision because of a girl or whatever.

  Kendrick Lamar

  Girl, Stupid, People

  "Kendrick Lamar: the rise of a good kid rapper in a mad city". Interview with Hattie Collins, www.theguardian.com. December 7, 2012.

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• I am not writing to try and convert people to fundamental Christianity. I am just trying to share my experience, strength and hope, that someone who is as messed up and neurotic and scarred and scared can be fully accepted by our dear Lord, no questions asked.

  Anne Lamott

  Writing, Dear Lord, People

  "'Like a puppy in a Christmas stocking'". Interview With Susan Olasky, world.wng.org. September 20, 2003.

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• Don't you want to know what's real and what's not? I remember when I was a kid, you know, this whole Cold War thing. They had us scared of the Russians. So, it's almost like, what's real and what's not?

  Queen Latifah

  Real, War, Kids

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• I was scared to do anything in the studio because it felt so claustrophobic. I wanted to be somewhere where things could happen and the subject wasn't just looking back at you.

  Annie Leibovitz

  Artist, Wanted, Subjects

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• I think people like to be scared. I think people like tension and suspense in a movie.

  Damian Lewis

  Movie, Thinking, People

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• We're led to believe everybody opposes it and disagrees with political correctness, but yet everybody's scared to death of it. So who is it? Well, it's the power structure wherever you happen to be.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Believe, Political, Structure

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• I get scared of a lot of attention. I get scared of the spotlight. And I'm not talking about on the basketball court.

  Jeremy Lin

  Basketball, Talking, Attention

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• Growing up in Alaska, they don't really teach you to swim there. I learned to swim just a few summers ago with Olympic gold medalist Amanda Beard. She did great, and right after that I went to get scuba certified. I had fun with it. I didn't really get scared, but some people thought that was a risk.

  Holly Madison

  Summer, Growing Up, Fun

  "Interview: Oregon's own reality star Holly Madison talks about 'Dancing'". Interview with Jake Ten Pas, www.oregonlive.com. March 20, 2009.

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• A lot of people don't want to make their own decisions. They're too scared. It's much easier to be told what to do.

  Marilyn Manson

  People, Judging, Decision

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• If I'm scared and I'm a coward, why do you guys want to see me fight?

  Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

  Fighting, Guy, Coward

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

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• Microphones are just like people, if you shout at them, they get scared.

  Paul McCartney

  People, Microphones, Ifs

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• People are so scared to really voice who they are. They want to be politically correct. Just scared to see what other people's perceptions are.

  Tracy McGrady

  Voice, People, Perception

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• I've never fallen in love right off the bat. I get scared to say I love you too soon because it means so much. It means you're not seeing an end to things.

  Leighton Meester

  I Love You, Mean, Bats

  "Leighton Meester: The "Gossip Girl" You Love to Hate" by Molly Fahner, www.cosmopolitan.com. May 6, 2009.

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• The Bible says to 'fear not,' but this doesn't mean you should never feel scared. It means when you do feel fear, keep going forward and do what you are supposed to do. Or as I like to say, do it afraid.

  Joyce Meyer

  Mean, Should, Fear Not

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• For a long time I was scared I'd find out I was like my mother.

  Marilyn Monroe

  Inspiring, Mother, Long

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• I'm a liability to them - I'm a woman, I'm empowered, I'm an artist. I've had executives who can't come to my shows they're so scared of me. I've been a thorn in many people's sides just by existing.

  Alanis Morissette

  Artist, People, Sides

  "'I've been a thorn in people's sides just by existing'". Interview with Lucy O'Brien, www.theguardian.com. May 21, 2008.

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• To be honest, I'm scared to death of rollercoaster rides.

  Liam Neeson

  Honest, Being Honest, Rollercoaster

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• Part of the reason that our politics seems so tough right now and facts and science and argument does not seem to be winning the day all the time is because we're hardwired not to always think clearly when we're scared. And the country's scared.

  Barack Obama

  Country, Winning, Thinking

  "Obama: Voters 'Scared,' Not Thinking Clearly About Election", www.foxnews.com. October 18, 2010.

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• Why are you scared to dream of god when it's salvation that you want?

  Conor Oberst

  Dream, Want, Salvation

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• The clock talked loud. I threw it away, it scared me what it talked.

  Tillie Olsen

  Time, Scary, Clock

  Tillie Olsen (2013). “Tell Me a Riddle, Requa I, and Other Works”, p.8, U of Nebraska Press

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• To have a relationship that is pure and passionate and beautiful - I think people are scared of having that now. Especially guys.

  Yoko Ono

  Beautiful, Thinking, People

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

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• I said, going into acting, 'I'm never moving to L.A.,' because it scared me. But there was no way you could build an acting career in Orange County.

  Michelle Pfeiffer

  Moving, Careers, Orange

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