Zitat des Tages über Angst / Afraid:
Don't be afraid to make a mistake, your readers might like it.
I would be loath to speak ill of any person who I do not know deserves it, but I am afraid he is an attorney.
You have to be willing to be afraid if you're going to be an artist.
When it comes time to sit down and write the next book, you're deathly afraid that you're not up to the task. That was certainly the case with me after Snow Falling on Cedars.
People come up to me all the time. If I'm with friends or in a crowd, I'm fine, but if I'm by myself, I get afraid because people are nuts.
People aren't really afraid of my views. They are just afraid of the word 'nationalism.'
People are afraid to ask musicians to be involved in projects because they anticipate being turned down. Young artists hesitate before contacting me. People in my position don't get approached often enough.
People are afraid to show women with demons. But I think it's important for women to see flawed female characters. We're held to a perfect standard, but every woman is flawed.
Everybody else is afraid to fail. I do not really care because when I fail, I try something new.
I was afraid of the sophomore slump even before our first record came out. It was a very real fear because I'd watched so many bands I'd loved in the past not deliver. I knew it was a very real thing. I didn't know why it happens, but I'd been thinking about it a lot.
I like low-maintenance girls, but at the same time, classy. She needs to take care of herself. But also be a girl who isn't afraid to get sweaty and play basketball, so it's cool if she's a tomboy.
I've always been an animal lover. I've grown up with dogs my whole life. I think that is what helped me get the role on 'Lassie', I was comfortable around the dog, where many of the kids were afraid or intimidated by Lassie.
I am very much afraid of definitions, and yet one is almost forced to make them. One must take care, too, not to be inhibited by them.
I'm not scared of snakes, spiders or heights. I have three children; as a mum, you can't be afraid of things like that.
Brought up to respect the conventions, love had to end in marriage. I'm afraid it did.
I didn't start singing until I was 16. I was afraid to sing in front of people.
Don't be afraid to take the tough jobs. You'll develop confidence in dealing with tough issues that will serve you for the rest of your career.
Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.
I'm not afraid to go completely over the top. A lot of people are scared to seem silly or to embarrass themselves, and I really don't have that at all - I don't mind making a fool of myself. I like to just have fun and really go for it.
I used to do calligraphy, and I'm afraid that has lapsed, but I've always been interested in book printing.
Women can't be afraid to look like action heroes. It's not always pretty, but when it's on the screen, it translates well to the audience.
I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.
I guess the news is this: If you're a Republican and you smile, liberals don't like it. Maybe that's because Democrats are afraid that I've been able to show an optimistic vision for this country.
I got this idea about being afraid to let go of something and being afraid of sinking into a state of almost anesthesia, where you have to trust other people. Just the paranoia of it all. And it seemed to suit the frenetic track. So I just wrote it out and, you know, said it.
All women are the same, really: They are strong, but they are afraid of their own strength.
I think that women are afraid to be vulnerable because they think it makes them look weak.
I'm not afraid of chaos and I'm happy talking to strangers. I really love not knowing where I'm going.
I'm afraid of everything. But maybe when you're afraid of everything, it sort of seems like you're scared of nothing.
A shy kid might look longingly at other kids playing in the schoolyard, afraid and unsure about how to approach them, but an introvert is perfectly content on her own.
Courage and conviction are powerful weapons against an enemy who depends only on fists or guns. Animals know when you are afraid; a coward knows when you are not.
I'm the guy that has written at great length about exactly how we should profoundly reform Social Security. If I were afraid of going after entitlements, I wouldn't have done that, I wouldn't have put Medicaid reform in this budget, I wouldn't have called for the reductions in spending, which people will scream about, but I think are necessary.
They were afraid, never having learned what I taught myself: Defeat the fear of death and welcome the death of fear.
In school, I was Martha in 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' I loved that.
I still play the fiddle every day. I'm afraid if I don't, it won't know who I am.
France is no longer herself when she is folded in on herself, tormented by ignorance and intolerance. The country would plunge into decline if it refused to be itself, if it was afraid of the future, afraid of the world.
There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up.