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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."
"She was scared. Scared of dying."
"I'm scared to death that I'll never be afraid"
"The same thing could have happened on Halloween if somebody in the neighborhood had jumped out and scared him."
"Is truth always positive? Of course. Once the truth comes out, you know, it's all right. We're scared that if the truth comes out that it's not all right. It's the other way around."
"Write about something you don't know. And don't be scared, ever."
"Cold, hungry, scared as hell inside, but too damn brave to admit it."
"The true test of courage is to be afraid and to go ahead and do it anyway - to be scared, is to have your knees knocking, but to walk on in there anyway."
"I'm so respectable I'm getting scared ... I must be doing something wrong."
"The most dangerous creature here would have to be me. So maybe I'm just scared of my own shadow."
"Microphones are just like people, if you shout at them, they get scared."
"I've always been much more scared of the living than I am of the dead."
"I felt nothing all the time, and it had started to feel normal. It should have scared me, but it didn't."
"I really never break the rules. I'm not scared to say what I think or if I really disagree with something then I'll say it, but I'm not kind of like a born rebel."
"Fear is about things that you can't control. The future or the dark, or someone trying to kill you. You don't get scared of yourself because you always know what you're going to do."
"I wanted everything to stay the same, but you wanted things to be better, it's just...going to be a whole lot worse for awhile first. And I think I knew that, and I was scared of it." - Marcus"
"You have decided being scared is caused mostly by thinking."
"I have the belief in boldness. What I generally lack is the boldness itself. Because boldness doesn't feel bold. It feels scared not brave."
"I feel like I'm truly and genuinely proud and unafraid. I'm not scared of who I am."
"How do you convince someone to change, to stop being afraid of himself? How do you convince yourself not to be so scared all the time?"
