Teresa of Avila
Saint, Mystic, Writer
"It is of great importance, when we begin to practise prayer, not to let ourselves be frightened by our own thoughts."
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Frightened
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Kiki Smith
Artist
"Our culture seems to believe that it's entertaining to teach women to be frightened."
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Novelist, Short Story Writer, Journalist
"All my life, I've been frightened at the moment I sit down to write."
George Orwell
Writer, Journalist
"Good novels are not written by orthodoxy-sniffers, nor by people who are conscience-stricken about their own unorthodoxy. Good novels are written by people who are not frightened."
Catherine Tate
Actress
"I'm not frightened of a bit of silence."
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"I'm frightened all the time. But I never let it stop me. Never!"
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"Be isolated, be ignored, be attacked, be in doubt, be frightened, but do not be silenced."
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"I'm frightened of eggs, worse than frightened, they revolt me."
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"How frightened hypocrisy hastens to defend itself."
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"The eye is easily frightened."
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"I don't feel frightened by not knowing things."
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"A child is not frightened at the thought of being patiently transmuted into an old man."
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"Now he'll outstare the lightning. To be furious Is to be frightened out of fear."
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"Most of us are frightened of dying because we don't know what it meant to live.We don't know how to live,therefore we don't know how to die"
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"There is a sense of oneness that from time to time I'm aware of in my life. Certainly not all the time, and there are times when I get frightened and when I get upset. But at the best of times, it's a personal oneness."
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"Everyone has his own reality in which, if one is not too cautious, timid or frightened, one swims. This is the only reality there is."
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"It’s hard to feel hurt or frightened when you’re flooded with pity."
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"When one must sit with the snobs, one belongs with the frightened."
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"I became hysterical and frightened and begged for sedation. And that was just the first prenatal visit."
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"Who can live with this Consciousness and not wake frightened at sunrise?"
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"I was a bit of a coward when I was small. I was terribly frightened of the dark."
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"In general people feel more relaxed about participating in politics. They aren't frightened as they used to be."
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"I was a prisoner, but I always felt free because I was not frightened So for me real freedom is freedom from fear."
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"I can't minimize the terror factor. As you get older you get more and more frightened because the terrible indignities of old age become closer to you."
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"It frightened people when you were honest; it shocked them."
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