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• I know that there is a God - the God within me that's always present and will protect me. I'm not afraid to climb any mountain, because I know that I'm protected. Even if I fall and die, I'm still protected. My faith is on that level.

  Halle Berry

  Fall, Godly, Mountain

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• This institution will be based on the illimitable freedom of the human mind. For here we are not afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead, not tolerate error as long as reason is left free to combat it.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Truth, War, Errors

  Thomas Jefferson, Henry Augustine Washington (1859). “The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence. Reports and opinions while secretary of state”, p.196

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• I die hard but am not afraid to go.

  George Washington

  Dying, Last Words, Dies

  "Life of Washington". Book by Washington Irving, 1859.

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• Often we can achieve an even better result when we stumble yet are willing to start over, when we don't give up after a mistake, when something doesn't come easily but we throw ourselves into trying, when we're not afraid to appear less than perfectly polished.

  Sharon Salzberg

  Giving Up, Mistake, Don't Give Up

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• I have never yet heard of a murderer who was not afraid of a ghost.

  John Philpot Curran

  Criminal Mind, Ghost, Murderer

  Charles PHILLIPS (One of the Commissioners of the Insolvent Debtors'Court.), John Philpot CURRAN (Right Hon.) (1850). “Recollections of Curran, and some of his contemporaries ... Second edition”, p.245

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• You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore.

  Cesar Chavez

  People, Democracy, Humiliate

  Cesar Chavez, Richard Jay Jensen, John C. Hammerback (2002). “The Words of César Chávez”, p.129, Texas A&M University Press

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• Several respected climate scientists have told me that there would be even more vocal skeptics if they were not afraid of losing funding, much of which is controlled by politically correct organizations.

  Peter Friedman

  Organization, Climate, Would Be

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• I’m an entrepreneur at heart. I’m not afraid of starting up, starting over or even failing for that matter, because the fact that I try new things in itself is a victory.

  Lynn Collins

  Heart, Starting Up, Starting Over

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• People are not afraid of death, they are afraid of losing their separation, they are afraid of losing their ego. Once you start feeling separate from existence the fear of death arises because then death seems to be dangerous. You will no longer be separate; what will happen to your ego, your personality? And you have cultivated the personality with such care, with such great effort; you have polished it your whole life, and death will come and destroy it

  Rajneesh

  Death, People, Personality

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• I like glamour. Not afraid of it.

  Linda Evangelista

  Glamour, Vogue

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• A true leader has to have a genuine open-door policy so that his people are not afraid to approach him for any reason.

  Harold Geneen

  Leadership, Doors, People

  "Managing". Book by Harold Geneen , Chapter Six (Leadership), p. 113, 1985.

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• I'm not afraid of putting myself out there to someone and then them passing on it. At least you could have gotten a 'yes.' So it's worthwhile to have the cojones to do it.

  Carol Leifer

  Passing On, Cojones, Worthwhile

  "The One Woman You MUST Know About Before Watching the Oscars This Sunday. (Hint: She's Known as the Real "Elaine" on Seinfeld!)" by Jessica Radloff, www.glamour.com. February 24, 2012.

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• They never tell a lie, not a small fabrication, not a partial truth, nor any gross unreal statement. No lies at all, so they have nothing to hide. They are a group of people who are not afraid to have their minds open.

  Marlo Morgan

  Inspirational, Lying, People

  Marlo Morgan (1991). “Mutant message down under”, Bookpeople

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• I'm not afraid of Spassky. The world knows I'm the best. You don't need a match to prove it.

  Bobby Fischer

  Chess Game, Needs, World

  Interview by William Lombardy, 1972.

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• Humans cannot fly, but they can get the flying feeling. All they need to do is go out at night into a wild storm where the thunder roars like applause and the lightning throws itself in daggers of light at your bare feet and you suddenly find you are not afraid.

  Hilary McKay

  Night, Light, Feet

  Hilary McKay (2007). “Caddy Ever After”, p.35, Simon and Schuster

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• I'm aware of the power of looks. I've wanted to play roles that have gone to much better-looking people and you just think 'Oh well, that's the pin up guy's an actor like my friend James Mcavoy, who's gorgeous on screen. I'm not that. But at least I don't have to worry about taking precious care of my face because it's my commodity. That's a great freedom. I'm not afraid of being heinous for the sake of a part

  Benedict Cumberbatch

  Thinking, Play, People

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• I live my life through fear. If I'm afraid of it I'll do it just so I'm not afraid of it anymore.

  Jeremy Renner

  Living My Life, I Live My Life, Ifs

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• At sixteen I get drafted. When I read the draft notice, I cry. Not because I'm a coward - I'm not afraid of anyone. But I don't want to kill or be killed.

  Klaus Kinski

  Coward, Want, Sixteen

  Klaus Kinski (1997). “Kinski Uncut: The Autobiography of Klaus Kinski”, Penguin Books

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• I’m not really afraid to be my awkward self, and I know there’s lots and lots of other people just like me out there that are awkward themselves. And I think they just appreciate that I’m not afraid to say the weird things that I say and tweet the obnoxious things that I tweet. But I’ve tried being other people and myself suits me the best. I think you just be honest. I think people respond to honesty.

  Chris Colfer

  Honesty, Thinking, Self

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• I'm self-confident and not afraid to speak my mind.

  Eliza Dushku

  Self, Mind, Speak

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• You're not afraid I'll kill you tonight?" "Like I couldn't take you.

  Suzanne Collins

  Tonight

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.239, Scholastic Inc.

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• It's not about who's got powers, morons. It's about who's not afraid. And who's going to do what has to be done.

  Michael Grant

  Done, Moron, Gone Series

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• But only he who, himself enlightened, is not afraid of shadows.

  Immanuel Kant

  Shadow, Enlightened

  Immanuel Kant, Pauline Kleingeld, Jeremy Waldron, Michael W. Doyle, Allen W. Wood (2006). “Toward Perpetual Peace and Other Writings on Politics, Peace, and History”, p.23, Yale University Press

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• I am a demon hunter. Clearly, I am not afraid of the dark.

  Cassandra Clare

  Dark, Hunters, Demon

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• Vin snorted, kneeling in the low tent as she pulled her belt tight; then she crawled over to him. "I don't know how you read while riding," she said. "Oh, it's quite easy - if you aren't afraid of horses." "I'm not afraid of them," Vin said. "They just don't like me. They know I can outrun them, and that makes them surly.

  Brandon Sanderson

  Horse, Kneeling, Tents

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