"Whenever an angel says "Be not afraid!" you'd better start worrying. A big assignment is on the way."
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"My whole life I've been an over-giver. My general operating policy has always been, 'If it belongs to me, don't worry: You can have it!'"
"Despite having written five books, I worry that I have not written the right kinds of books, or that perhaps I have dedicated too much of my life to writing, and have therefore neglected other aspects of my being."
"Work on what is real rather than worry about what is unreal."
"You didn't have to worry that marauding bands would come and seize everything in your factory and hire someone to protect against this because of the work the rest of us did."
"The administration [ of Barack Obama ]says I`m wrong, that there`s nothing to worry about. They say the deal is nearly done, and they are making a lot of promises about how the deal will affect workers, the environment and human rights - promises. But people like you can`t see the actual deal."
"Though you feel you're not where you're suppose to be, you shouldn't worry because that next turn that you take, it will lead you to where you wanna go."
"I always worry when someone's a good golfer. It's like you shouldn't have time to be good at anything. You should just be a politician and you shouldn't have time to practice golf."
"I get my dance moves from just moving around and listening to music and not really worrying about if it's perfect or not."
"I like sitting at outdoor restaurants; it would be nice to go someplace on the street and not worry about somebody taking my picture while I'm about to take a bite of something."
"Which Anguish was the utterest--then-- To perish, or to live?"
"I have to just worry about my own opinion and the opinions of the people I'm working with and people who are close to me."
"Don't worry about who doesn't like you, who has more, or who's doing what."
"Worry destroys the ability to write. Ill health is bad in the ratio that it produces worry which attacks your subconscious and destroys your reserves."
"The fact that I am interrupting serious work to answer these questions proves that I am so stupid that I should be penalized severely. I will be. Don't worry."
"Wars are Spinach. Life in general is the tough part. In war all you have to do is not worry and know how to read a map and co-ordinates."
"Worry destroys the ability to write. Ill health is bad in the ratio that it produces worry which attacks your subconscious and destroys your nerves."
"Worrying is imagining that which you don't want."
"My songs are my hookers. I can't worry about how they are going to be treated; they just need to bring home the bacon."
"Believing in God is a very intense inner struggle of mine. It's something I worry about a lot, but which I don't have the answer to."