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• There was a culture that came out of the self-esteem movement which was don't anybody keep track of the goals. The kids keep track, but nobody keep track of the goals because we don't want the kids to have the experience of losing. And in depriving them losing, thinking it scarred them to lose, we made losing so taboo, so unspeakable, that we instead made losing more scary to kids, not less scary.

  Po Bronson

  Kids, Thinking, Track

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• This free will business is a bit terrifying anyway. It's almost pleasanter to obey, and make the most of it.

  Ugo Betti

  Free Will, Bits

  Ugo Betti (1964). “Three plays on justice: Landslide. Struggle till dawn. The fugitive”

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• Beauty, n: the power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husband.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Beauty, Husband, Power

  Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.24, University of Georgia Press

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• You know you've made it when you've been moulded in miniature plastic. But you know what children do with Barbie dolls - it's a bit scary, actually.

  Cate Blanchett

  Children, Barbie Dolls, Acting

  "11 Amazing Quotes From Cate Blanchett". Marie Claire, November 13, 2014.

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• Everything is scary if you look at it. So you just got to live.

  Mary J. Blige

  Looks, Ifs

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• It was only for two years, and I jumped from family to family. It's very scary.

  Mary J. Blige

  Years, Two, Two Years

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• Boxing is the toughest and loneliest sport in the world. You've got all the fans, lots of hangers-on jumping up and shouting different words. But when you actually go in the ring, it's a very lonely and scary place. It's just you and the other guy.

  Frank Bruno

  Sports, Lonely, Jumping

  "Q: Did you feel suicidal before you were sectioned? A: Nah, I'm not that brave or clever. I wouldn't know how to tie a rope, know what I mean?". The Guardian Interview, www.theguardian.com. October 23, 2005.

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• Makeup is scary. When I do it myself, it's just mascara, and sometimes I forget even to do that.

  Sandra Bullock

  Makeup, Sometimes, Forget

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• Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing.

  William S. Burroughs

  Communication, People, Silence

  William S. Burroughs (1989). “The Job: Interviews with William S. Burroughs”, Penguin Group USA

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• Radical innovation is difficult to fund. It seems scary. And the really radical things seem even more scary.

  Nolan Bushnell

  Innovation, Radical, Difficult

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• When I was eight, I would look at the cover of the 'Ghost Rider' comic book in my little home in Long Beach, California, and I couldn't get my head around how something that scary could also be good. To me it was my first philosophical awakening - 'How is this possible, this duality?'

  Nicolas Cage

  Beach, Book, Philosophical

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• Because there is that sort of feeling that people don't know what to do with gaps in their lives. It's a scary notion, but actually, if you can stand in space just for a little while, a new door will open, or you'll be able to see in the dark after a while. You'll adjust.

  Jane Campion

  Dark, Doors, Space

  Interview with Scott Tobias, film.avclub.com. September 22, 2009.

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• Writing stopped being fun when I discovered the difference between good writing and bad and, even more terrifying, the difference between it and true art. And after that, the whip came down.

  Truman Capote

  Art, Fun, Writing

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• Morgan Freeman is so class. He's so cool. He's so scary.

  Jim Carrey

  Class, Freeman

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• All the ancient classic fairy tales have always been scary and dark.

  Helena Bonham Carter

  Dark, Fairy Tale, Classic

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• Fairytales have always got to have that scary quality, as long as you make them laugh.

  Helena Bonham Carter

  Long, Laughing, Quality

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• All of life and human relations have become so incomprehensibly complex that, when you think about it, it becomes terrifying and your heart stands still.

  Anton Chekhov

  Heart, Thinking, Literature

  "In the Cart". Short story by Anton Chekhov, 1897.

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• The Buddha taught that we're not actually in control, which is a pretty scary idea. But when you let things be as they are, you will be a much happier, more balanced, compassionate person.

  Pema Chodron

  Ideas, Taught, Compassionate

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• Self-awareness is value-free. It isn't scary. It doesn't imply that you will subject yourself to needless pain.

  Deepak Chopra

  Pain, Self, Awareness

  "The Real Secret to Staying Healthy for Life (Part 3)" by Deepak Chopra, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 15, 2012.

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• I can't tell you how scary it can be walking onto a movie and suddenly joining this family - it's like going to somebody else's Christmas dinner; everyone knows everyone and you're not quite sure what you're supposed to sit.

  John Cleese

  Christmas, Joining, Dinner

  "Die Another Day - Cleese talks Q / writers discuss plot" by Jack Foley, indielondon.co.uk. 2003.

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• Don't go on American Idol, I think you'll spend the rest of your life living it down and I think it's getting kinda scary, isn't it?

  Joe Cocker

  Thinking, Idols, Goes On

  "Interview: Joe Cocker lyric". AskMen Interview, www.askmen.com.

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• We all hope for breakthrough rebirth moments. When you're headed for a breakthrough moment, it's kind of scary because you say, 'If I break through then I have to make great change in my life.'

  Dane Cook

  Break Through, Kind, Moments

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• Living a very long time would be a very scary thing.

  Elvis Costello

  Long, Would Be, Scary Things

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• Whenever a liberal begins a statement with 'I don't know which is more frightening,' you know the answer is going to be pretty clear.

  Ann Coulter

  Answers, Literature, Clear

  Ann Coulter (2007). “If Democrats Had Any Brains, They'd Be Republicans”, p.160, Crown Forum

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• I think modelling was like the university of life, really. You get to travel but you get thrown into this adult world, which is kind of quite scary.

  Agyness Deyn

  Thinking, World, Adults

  "From the bland to the blonde". Interview with Lynn Barber, www.theguardian.com. January 10, 2009.

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