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

  Edwin Feulner

  Liberty, Libertarian, Easier

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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 what scares you, your dreams are there waiting for you.

  Christina Perri

  Dream, Waiting, Waiting For You

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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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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• 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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• 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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• Do one thing every day that scares you.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Positive, New Year

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• A good scare is worth more than good advice.

  Horace

  Funny, Advice, Simple Life

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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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• 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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• 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 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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• 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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• 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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• I think being raised within a Mexican Catholic family made magical realism a very natural part of who I am as a person and as a writer. My parents always told us great stories that often had magical elements and roots within Mexican folklore. Also, I remember my father reading a book to me, when I was very young, about the lives of saints. Those were crazy scary stories! Maybe he was trying to scare me into being a good person. In the end, magical realism offers me untethered freedom to explore human frailty and the way we clumsily cobble together our lives on this strange planet.

  Daniel Olivas

  Crazy, Father, Book

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• I can hide, and my husband's just terrible at finding me. I do like to jump out from behind doors and scare him.

  Katherine Heigl

  Husband, Doors, Terrible

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• The idea of going back to college scares me, and I didn't even go. I went to college for one year, two semesters. If you add up the total time, I probably didn't even go one semester.

  Rush Limbaugh

  College, Years, Ideas

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• I'm not great at dealing with death, I have to say. I find death very hard: my mum, my dad, Sid Vicious. I'm not a monster; I feel it and it scares me. One death at a time, please, is all my heart will bear.

  John Lydon

  Dad, Heart, Monsters

  "Sex Pistols, 'posh boys' Cameron and Clegg, and those butter ads" by Michael Odell, www.theguardian.com. July 16, 2010.

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• I'm attracted to things that scare me, like 'Psycho,' my favorite Hitchcock movie.

  Janelle Monae

  Psycho, My Favorite, Hitchcock Movie

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• The 'public' scares me, but people I trust.

  Marilyn Monroe

  Inspiring, People, Public Trust

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