"Be fearful when there is greed and be greedy when there is fear."
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"Doubt is clearly a value in science. It is important to doubt and that the doubt is not a fearful thing, but a thing of great value."
"There's nothing wrong with a little fear. Being fearful can save your life-it's saved mine on more than one occasion-but too much fear can stop you from living."
"Fearful is the seductive power of goodness."
"Death is a fearful thing."
"There wasn't a time where I felt fearful that I couldn't make the best decisions possible."
"Numbers are a fearful thing."
"We shouldn't be fearful of freedom, we shouldn't be fearful of individual liberty."
"Alas! it is a fearful thing To feel another's guilt!"
"I don't work with fear, and I don't work with actors that are fearful."
"There is a fearful splendor in absolute desolation."
"I'm always fearful of something happening to people I love. That doesn't go away."