This is going to sound so cliche, but I believe this through and through: Don't be afraid to be yourself.

Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death.

I tend to write about my anxieties - it's what I'm afraid will happen. And I write a story working it out.

If you're holding out for universal popularity, I'm afraid you will be in this cabin for a very long time.

I wanna be one of those special guys. Jimi Hendrix wasn't afraid of who he was. That's the part I emulate.

What the power structure is afraid of is that we're going to learn to recognize the truth when we hear it.

We use work to numb out. We can't turn off our machines because we're afraid we're going to miss something.

You have to shoot, to want to score goals no matter how. Just score that goal! You can't be afraid to miss.

There's something about being afraid, about being small, about enforced humility that draws me to climbing.

Be intentional with your space. Don't be afraid to step on a limb and design your home the way you love it.

Let's not be afraid to speak the common sense truth: you can't have high standards without good discipline.

I'm afraid, based on my own experience, that fascism will come to America in the name of national security.

Embrace your fear. Imagine what you're most afraid of, touch it and hold it so that you rob it of its power.

Whenever we're afraid, it's because we don't know enough. If we understood enough, we would never be afraid.

When scientists get old, they get interested in the brain, and I'm a little bit afraid I'm falling into that.

Death can't be considered because, if you're afraid to die, there's no room in your life to make discoveries.

My biggest fear has always been being 40 and hating my job. I love challenges. I'm not afraid to try anything.

We lavish on animals the love we are afraid to show to people. They might not return it; or worse, they might.

I am only interested in the ideas that become obsessive and make me feel uneasy. The ideas that I'm afraid of.

There's a freshness to the approach of teen chefs. They're lighthearted, and they're not afraid to take risks.

I am more afraid of my own heart than of the pope and all his cardinals. I have within me the great pope, Self.

There is no heaven or afterlife for broken-down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark.

Babe Ruth was not afraid to strike out. And it was this fearlessness that contributed to his remarkable career.

I grew up in a small town where everyone wanted to be the same or look the same and was afraid to be different.

America is the most grandiose experiment the world has seen, but, I am afraid, it is not going to be a success.

You do not travel if you are afraid of the unknown, you travel for the unknown, that reveals you with yourself.

As you get older, you're not afraid of doubt. Doubt isn't running the show. You take out all the self-agonizing.

No rules. Don't be afraid to do whatever you want. Cooking doesn't have to have rules. I don't like it that way.

If you have Julia Roberts in a movie you're never really afraid for her because you know she's not going to die.

My old drama coach used to say, 'Don't just do something, stand there.' Gary Cooper wasn't afraid to do nothing.

Don't be afraid to look silly. You are only holding yourself back if you are afraid of looking silly or failing.

Don't be afraid to adapt new ingredients into your own techniques, and traditional ingredients into new recipes.

I'm not afraid to get my hands dirty. I've done it all. I've worked as a clown, literally, at children's parties.

Don't be afraid of missing opportunities. Behind every failure is an opportunity somebody wishes they had missed.

I don't like to discuss my work in a lot of detail; I'm afraid of dissecting it in a way that is not good for me.

Southerners have never been afraid of seasoning. It's kind of the other way around; our seasoning is afraid of us.

I think one thing that's amazing about 'Resurrection' is that we weren't afraid to lay it all out there lyrically.

I loved 'Jaws.' I think that is not really a horror film, but it made me afraid of the ocean for a very long time.

You can't stay married in a situation where you are afraid to go to sleep in case your wife might cut your throat.

I'm not afraid to look like a big, hairy, smelly, foreign devil in Tokyo, though I do my best not to, I really do.

When I was a kid, I used to be afraid of the dark. I would stand at my door, turn the light off and dive into bed.

I'm afraid we live at the mercy of a power, maybe a God, without mercy. And yet we find it, as I have, from others.

I was so afraid to make mistakes and get reprimanded by my coaches that the joy of the sport started slipping away.

Some men are afraid of women who challenge them and demand respect and answers. That's who I am and will always be.

I think brutal honesty is extremely important. Don't be afraid of being up-front about your feelings and your life.

Change creates fear, and technology creates change. Sadly, most people don't behave very well when they are afraid.

Never set limits, go after your dreams, don't be afraid to push the boundaries. And laugh a lot - it's good for you!

I'm not afraid of terrorism at all. I'm afraid of loss of our freedom, loss of mobility, loss of global comradeship.

I'm not afraid of death, but I'm not courting it, either. If you have lived well, it is the fair conclusion to life.

They were afraid, never having learned what I taught myself: Defeat the fear of death and welcome the death of fear.

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