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Another unsettling element in modern art is that common symptom of immaturity, the dread of doing what has been done before.

The military don't start wars. Politicians start wars.

The only thing I am afraid of is fear.

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

No work or love will flourish out of guilt, fear, or hollowness of heart, just as no valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now.

It's not denial. I'm just selective about the reality I accept.

Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the danger of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of "crackpot" than the stigma of conformity.

After years in white theaters I dreaded working in colored houses. The noise, the stomping, whistling, and cheering that hadn't annoyed me when I was young was now something I dreaded.

We are all gifted. That is our inheritance.

I always turn to the sports pages first, which records people's accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man's failures.

I'm in awe of people out there who deal with Alzheimer's, because they have to deal with death 10 times over, year after year.

As you know from school, it's when you have not prepared for the test that you have the fear of failing. And if you have prepared, even if you fail, you've done your best.

For in the end, freedom is a personal and lonely battle; and one faces down fears of today so that those of tomorrow might be engaged.

Don't wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get you've got to make yourself.

It is the final proof of God's omnipotence that he need not exist in order to save us.

Fear follows crime and is its punishment.

The safest course is to do nothing against one's conscience. With this secret, we can enjoy life and have no fear from death.

Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.

Organized religion is a sham and a crutch for weak-minded people who need strength in numbers. It tells people to go out and stick their noses in other people's business.

Do not look upon this world with fear and loathing. Bravely face whatever the gods offer.

Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It's just a cycle.