Scare Quotes

• In most communities it is illegal to cry 'fire' in a crowded assembly. Should it not be considered serious international misconduct to manufacture a general war scare in an effort to achieve local political aims?

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Fear, War, Fire

  Eisenhower, Dwight D. (1959). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1958”, p.607, Best Books on

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  You never know what's around the corner unless you peek. Hold someone's hand while you do it. You will feel less scared.

  Amy Poehler

  Inspirational, Fear, Hands

  Harvard University Class Day Commencement Address, delivered 26 May 2011

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• Ezra clapped his hands. "all right," he said. "In addition to the books we're reading as a class, I want to do an extra side project on unreliable narrators." Devon Arliss raised her hand. "what does that mean?" Ezra strode around the room. "well, the narrator tells us the story in the book, right? But what if... the narrator isn't telling us the truth? Maybe he's telling us his skewed version of the story to get you on his side. Or to scare you. Or maybe he's crazy!

  Sara Shepard

  Crazy, Book, Reading

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• I remember my own childhood vividly...I knew terrible things. But I knew I mustn't let adults know I knew. It would scare them

  Maurice Sendak

  Childhood, Adults, Remember

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• It's easier to scare someone than to persuade him.

  Edwin Feulner

  Liberty, Libertarian, Easier

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• A good scare is worth more than good advice.

  Horace

  Funny, Advice, Simple Life

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• Everything that scares you is an opportunity to know your best self better.

  Robin Sharma

  Opportunity, Self, Knows

  FaceBook post by Robin Sharma from Apr 23, 2014

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• When we face our fears, we can find our freedom.

  Joyce Meyer

  Freedom, Fear, Faces

  Twitter post from Jul 4, 2013

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• Do one thing every day that scares you.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Positive, New Year

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• If you lack initiative, recognize that the problem comes from the inside, not from others. Determine why you hesitate to take action. Does risk scare you? Are you discouraged by past failures? Do you not see the potential that opportunity offers? Find the source of your hesitation, and address it. You won't be able to move forward on the outside until you can move forward on the inside.

  John C. Maxwell

  Moving, Past, Opportunity

  John C. Maxwell (2007). “The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader: Becoming the Person Others Will Want to Follow”, p.47, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• We are the only species of mammal that doubts our ability to give birth. It's profitable to scare women about birth. But let's stop it. I tell women: Your body is not a lemon.

  Ina May Gaskin

  Inspirational, Women, Giving

  FaceBook post by Ina May Gaskin from Mar 22, 2015

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• Courage is being scared to death... and saddling up anyway.

  John Wayne

  Veterans Day, Courage, Fear

  John Wayne, Carol Lea Mueller (2007). “The Quotable John Wayne: The Grit and Wisdom of an American Icon”, p.34, Taylor Trade Publications

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• We're connected, as women. It's like a spiderweb. If one part of that web vibrates, if there's trouble, we all know it, but most of the time we're just too scared, or selfish, or insecure to help. But if we don't help each other, who will?

  Sarah Addison Allen

  Selfish, Women, Insecure

  Sarah Addison Allen (2011). “The Peach Keeper: A Novel”, p.135, Bantam

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• It's not the violence of the few that scares me, it's the silence of the many

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Silence, Violence

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• Sometimes if something scares me, I lean right into it . I’m not a brave person— I’m more of a fearless idiot.

  Nia Vardalos

  Brave Person, Fearless, Idiot

  Nia Vardalos (2013). “Instant Mom”, p.3, Harper Collins

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• I've have a number of violent tics. With Tourette syndrome, there's not just compulsive actions, but compulsive thoughts as well. That used to scare my mother a lot.

  Dash Mihok

  Mother, Numbers, Action

  "Actor: I hid Tourette's from Hollywood". Interview with Ben Tinker, www.cnn.com. September 20, 2013.

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• What are you?" I rasped. It smiled. "Whatever scares you.

  Kim Harrison

  Fright

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• Do something that scares you every day. You have nothing to lose but fear itself.

  Dalai Lama

  Nothing To Lose, Loses

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• White people scare the crap out of me.

  Michael Moore

  White, People, Car Salesman

  Michael Moore (2002). “Stupid whitemen: ...and other sorry excuses for the state of the nation”

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• Design should do the same thing in everyday life that art does when encountered: amaze us, scare us or delight us, but certainly open us to new worlds within our daily existence.

  Aaron Betsky

  Art, Design, Everyday

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• The Republicans may be better off without an agenda. They don't scare people.

  Bill Schneider

  People, Political, Agendas

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• Frazier soaked it all up like a sponge. When they arrived in Manila it was the same story. Ali poured scorn on his opponent. Humiliated him. Joe had the heart of a lion but verbally he was out of his depth when Ali got going. One time, as fight day approached, Ali spotted Frazier on a hotel balcony, grabbed a security guard's gun and fired some rounds at him. Everybody knew it wasn't live ammo but it still startled the hell out of Joe.] Go back in your hole, Gorilla, You gonna scare the people! Come out again and I'm gonna kill ya before time!”

  Muhammad Ali

  Heart, Fighting, Gun

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• The question we must ask ourselves as a culture is whether we want to embrace the change that must come, or resist it. Are we so attached to the dietary fallacies with which we were raised, so afraid to counter the arbitrary laws of eating taught to us in childhood by our misinformed parents, that we cannot alter the course they set us on, even if it leads to our own ruin? Does the prospect of standing apart or encounttering ridicule scare us even from saving ourselves?

  Howard Lyman

  Law, Childhood, Parent

  "Mad Cowboy: Plain Truth from the Cattle Rancher Who Won't Eat Meat". Book by Howard Lyman and Glen Merzer, 1998.

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• When I fly in a helicopter, I insist there be two sets of controls, one for me in case something happens to the pilot. I'm no expert, but I know enough to at least get the thing on the ground. Nothing scares me like the thought of not being in control.

  Jack Nicklaus

  Two, Experts, Pilots

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• It scares me to think that one day I'm not going to be in school anymore.

  Natalie Portman

  School, Thinking, One Day

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