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Everyone has trauma from that time but we can't be afraid all the time, what we need now is to know how to survive wherever we are because disaster will come without notice. – Arif Munandar	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Unable to understand and afraid to speak, we made a lot of mistakes. – Yuyi Morales	Found on CNN 4 years ago
People were afraid and could not speak up. – Agenagnew Abuhay	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
I think this President is a coward when it comes to helping our kids who are afraid of gun violence. – Christine Pelosi	Found on CNN 4 years ago
They were telling me this because they were afraid that nothing would happen. – Lesli Woodruff	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
Is any man afraid of change? What can take place without change? What then is more pleasing or more suitable to the universal nature? And can you take a hot bath unless the wood for the fire undergoes a change? And can you be nourished unless the food undergoes a change? And can anything else that is useful be accomplished without change? Do you not see then that for yourself also to change is just the same, and equally necessary for the universal nature? – Marcus Aurelius	added by Normando 4 years ago
People should not be afraid of this campaign, there is no cheap treatment, it cannot be ignored. – Syed Ahmed Jafer	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
My daughter wouldn't sleep on the first floor of our house, that's where her room is. She was afraid that someone would come through the patio door and shoot her. – Mayra Izquierdo	Found on CNN 4 years ago
Im so afraid, left to his own devices, what else he may do. – Christian Jacobs	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
It is not the easiest because, yes, we are traveling around the world and we are racing Formula One cars. Our carbon footprint for sure is higher than the average homeowner that lives in the same city, but it doesn't mean you should be afraid to speak out about things that can be for a positive change. – The Mercedes driver	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Being open about my suffering was the hardest thing I've done, but I am not afraid of who I am anymore. Depression isn't something to be ashamed of. – Beth Anne Katz	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
I am not afraid to keep on living. I am not afraid to walk this world alone. – My Chemical Romance	added by SomethingFishy 4 years ago
I want to represent the Italy that stands against all the things that Salvini does, we have to build a different narrative and not be afraid of saying something Salvini may not like, because that's why we exist. – Lorenzo Fioramonti	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
I didn't know if it was a threat. I was scared, i called my husband and sent him a screenshot, and he was afraid, too. – Aisha Odom	Found on CNN 4 years ago
I don't know why No Republicans are afraid of the truth, every member should support allowing the American people to hear the facts for themselves. This -- that is really what this vote is about. It is about the truth. – Nancy Pelosi	Found on CNN 4 years ago
What started happening in Belleville was that we saw and heard from a lot of seniors particularly, that big kids kids in high school kids were coming to the door as late as 10 oclock at night and seniors were afraid to open the door and they were afraid if they didnt open the door that something was going to happen to their house, and likewise I had some conversation with a number of young single moms who said, Mr. Eckert, Halloween scares us because theres so many big kids that come around late at night. – Mark Eckert	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
We dragged the bodies into the tunnel and sat with them all night because we were too afraid to get out, we weren't even able to tell the rest of the family what happened. – Maroofa Bibi	Found on CNN 4 years ago
Learn your genitals, learn what's normal for you and be aware of any new oddities, and don't be afraid to check them out. – Hunter Handsfield	Found on CNN 4 years ago
Don't go in the forest if you're afraid of wolves, and these guys, they just weren't wolves, I mean they were radioactive wolves. – Bruce Marks	Found on CNN 4 years ago
Nothing is working, there is a psychosis. No one knows what is going on but everyone is afraid and they have told us to not come in to work tomorrow. – Ricardo Gonzlez	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
I am afraid the security people didn't want me to come along tonight because they said the road was full of uncooperative crusties, they said there was some risk that I would be egged. – Boris Johnson	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
If Speaker Pelosi actually believes that the House ought to be conducting an impeachment inquiry, then the House needs to vote to authorize one. If the House supports it, the President will be afforded his due process rights. If it fails -- which I suspect the Speaker is afraid of happening -- we can move on from this mess and get back to doing what we were elected to do. – Jim Sensenbrenner	Found on CNN 4 years ago
I never thought he would kill someone, i was afraid of him, though, because he punched me. That's when I told him to get out of my house. – Fioraliza Rodriguez	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
We will keep going and we wont back down, it has been 16 years of corruption and injustice. We are not afraid of bullets or the death of martyrs. – Abbas Najm	Found on FOX News 4 years ago

Everyone has trauma from that time but we can't be afraid all the time, what we need now is to know how to survive wherever we are because disaster will come without notice.

– Arif Munandar

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Unable to understand and afraid to speak, we made a lot of mistakes.

– Yuyi Morales

Found on CNN
4 years ago

People were afraid and could not speak up.

– Agenagnew Abuhay

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I think this President is a coward when it comes to helping our kids who are afraid of gun violence.

– Christine Pelosi

Found on CNN
4 years ago

They were telling me this because they were afraid that nothing would happen.

– Lesli Woodruff

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

Is any man afraid of change? What can take place without change? What then is more pleasing or more suitable to the universal nature? And can you take a hot bath unless the wood for the fire undergoes a change? And can you be nourished unless the food undergoes a change? And can anything else that is useful be accomplished without change? Do you not see then that for yourself also to change is just the same, and equally necessary for the universal nature?

– Marcus Aurelius

added by Normando
4 years ago

People should not be afraid of this campaign, there is no cheap treatment, it cannot be ignored.

– Syed Ahmed Jafer

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

My daughter wouldn't sleep on the first floor of our house, that's where her room is. She was afraid that someone would come through the patio door and shoot her.

– Mayra Izquierdo

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Im so afraid, left to his own devices, what else he may do.

– Christian Jacobs

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

It is not the easiest because, yes, we are traveling around the world and we are racing Formula One cars. Our carbon footprint for sure is higher than the average homeowner that lives in the same city, but it doesn't mean you should be afraid to speak out about things that can be for a positive change.

– The Mercedes driver

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Being open about my suffering was the hardest thing I've done, but I am not afraid of who I am anymore. Depression isn't something to be ashamed of.

– Beth Anne Katz

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I am not afraid to keep on living. I am not afraid to walk this world alone.

– My Chemical Romance

added by SomethingFishy
4 years ago

I want to represent the Italy that stands against all the things that Salvini does, we have to build a different narrative and not be afraid of saying something Salvini may not like, because that's why we exist.

– Lorenzo Fioramonti

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I didn't know if it was a threat. I was scared, i called my husband and sent him a screenshot, and he was afraid, too.

– Aisha Odom

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I don't know why No Republicans are afraid of the truth, every member should support allowing the American people to hear the facts for themselves. This -- that is really what this vote is about. It is about the truth.

– Nancy Pelosi

Found on CNN
4 years ago

What started happening in Belleville was that we saw and heard from a lot of seniors particularly, that big kids kids in high school kids were coming to the door as late as 10 oclock at night and seniors were afraid to open the door and they were afraid if they didnt open the door that something was going to happen to their house, and likewise I had some conversation with a number of young single moms who said, Mr. Eckert, Halloween scares us because theres so many big kids that come around late at night.

– Mark Eckert

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

We dragged the bodies into the tunnel and sat with them all night because we were too afraid to get out, we weren't even able to tell the rest of the family what happened.

– Maroofa Bibi

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Learn your genitals, learn what's normal for you and be aware of any new oddities, and don't be afraid to check them out.

– Hunter Handsfield

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Don't go in the forest if you're afraid of wolves, and these guys, they just weren't wolves, I mean they were radioactive wolves.

– Bruce Marks

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Nothing is working, there is a psychosis. No one knows what is going on but everyone is afraid and they have told us to not come in to work tomorrow.

– Ricardo Gonzlez

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

I am afraid the security people didn't want me to come along tonight because they said the road was full of uncooperative crusties, they said there was some risk that I would be egged.

– Boris Johnson

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

If Speaker Pelosi actually believes that the House ought to be conducting an impeachment inquiry, then the House needs to vote to authorize one. If the House supports it, the President will be afforded his due process rights. If it fails -- which I suspect the Speaker is afraid of happening -- we can move on from this mess and get back to doing what we were elected to do.

– Jim Sensenbrenner

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I never thought he would kill someone, i was afraid of him, though, because he punched me. That's when I told him to get out of my house.

– Fioraliza Rodriguez

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

We will keep going and we wont back down, it has been 16 years of corruption and injustice. We are not afraid of bullets or the death of martyrs.

– Abbas Najm

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

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