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"The bravest man feels an anxiety 'circa praecordia' as he enters the battle; but he dreads disgrace yet more."
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"I try not to worry about the future - so I take each day just one anxiety attack at a time."
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"I speak of a clinical depression that is the background of your entire life, a background of anguish and anxiety, a sense that nothing goes well, that pleasure is unavailable and all your strategies collapse."
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"Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let the pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. Take pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe it to be a beautiful place."
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"Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems"
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"See, I never gain an ounce, because, you know, my anxiety acts like aerobics."
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"There are moments when all anxiety and stated toil are becalmed in the infinite leisure and repose of nature."
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"Society cares about the individual only in so far as he is profitable. The young know this. Their anxiety as they enter in upon social life matches the anguish of the old as they are excluded from it."
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"Neither comprehension nor learning can take place in an atmosphere of anxiety."
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"No human thing is of serious importance."
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"All the commercials on TV today are for antidepressants, for Prozac or Paxil. And they get you right away. "Are you sad? Do you get stressed, do you have anxiety?" "Yes, I have all those things! I'm alive!""
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"It would be great to be able to pass on to someone all of the successes, the failures, and the knowledge that one has had. To help someone, avoid all the fire, pain and anxiety would be wonderful."
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"One of our anxieties is de-focusing the relatively small number of engineers we have. Within our own core development, I am reluctant to fund projects that are way afield of where we are."
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"One of the few blessings of living in an age of anxiety is that we are forced to become aware of ourselves."
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"There are legitimate concerns and anxieties that the forces of globalisation are leaving too many people behind - and we have to take those concerns seriously and address them. But the answer isn't to turn inward and embrace protectionism. We can't just walk away from trade."
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"Those who follow the Tao are of clear mind. They do not load their mind with anxieties and are flexible in their adjustment to external conditions."
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"Anxiety, the illness of our time, comes primarily from our inability to dwell in the present moment."
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"Any kind of creative activity is likely to be stressful. The more anxiety, the more you feel that you are headed in the right direction. Easiness, relaxation, comfort - these are not conditions that usually accompany serious work."
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"Nothing in life is more remarkable than the unnecessary anxiety which we endure, and generally create ourselves."
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