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Those who are the same age as us or older saw it happen, but they are too afraid to talk, and those who are younger than us never even knew it happened. – Zhang Yansheng	Found on CNN 5 years ago
We found that there was a good deal of misunderstanding about what the CDC guideline was intended to do, theyre not supposed to be a substitute for an individual doctors decision about what the appropriate prescription is for a patient. We have this problem when the federal government or a government agency issues guidelines, they suddenly become law. People become afraid. You have insurance companies refusing to reimburse for opioid prescriptions. Its easier just to follow [ the guidelines ] rather than make your own decision. – Senator Alexander	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
Texas Medical Board would be very helpful if the hearing and Congress holdthem accountable, doctors know theyre prescribing correctly, but theyre afraid to keep prescribing.They say Yeah, but The DEA comes on my neck. The DEA creates a lot of confusion, The DEA puts them in a bind, the The DEA ispracticing medicine without a license. – Sherif Zaafran	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
The thing I love about California Democrats is we are never afraid of a fight, and we know right now weve got a fight on our hands. – Kamala Harris	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
I really always worked hard, because I recognized from a pretty young age it was one of the only things I could control, i remember I did karate as a kid, at the Jewish Community Center, and when I started I was the worst in the class, I was the worst of 25 Jewish kids who were afraid of getting picked on. And then just because everyone else quit, three years later I was at the top of the class, and there were 25 Jewish kids who were worse than me. And that was always tangible : Just by not stopping I became the best one. It wasn't this, like, ferocious leap. I just kept going, and slowly [ other ] people stopped. Because a lot of people will stop. – Seth Rogen	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Believe in yourself and don't be afraid to reach for the stars. – Aurora Berill	added by auroraberill 5 years ago
We weren't Americans, I am afraid. – Richard Llewellyn	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
If we do nothing because we are afraid of the polls or the politics, or the repercussions in the next election, we will set a precedent that, in fact, some people, because of the position of power and public trust that they hold, are above the law. – William Barr	Found on CNN 5 years ago
I am afraid of coming to the office, i get upset when I remember my colleagues who were killed. The attack has impacted my child too. – Meena Ahmadi	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
If it's more than two candidates running in the same race that he's in, I'm afraid that he is going to be the next member of Congress from that district, he does have a base, which is a problem with this guy. – Gerson Borrero	Found on CNN 5 years ago
The people opposing that bill just behaved reprehensibly around the building, and one of the things that distresses me is Im afraid that some of them are going to feel that those tactics worked. Those tactics had nothing to do with what happened. – Ginny Burdick	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
They have realized that Facebook was one of the last safe spaces where people could peacefully speak their mind, spread news, hold debates - everything the authorities are afraid of. – Nguyen Truong Son	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
In the past year, the Vietnamese authorities have made a clear effort to clamp down on social media, they have realized that Facebook was one of the last safe spaces where people could peacefully speak their mind, spread news, hold debates - everything the authorities are afraid of. – Nguyen Truong Son	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
He's obviously afraid that we are going to learn more about his relationships with Deutsche Bank, more about his bank records, perhaps, more about whether or not there is money laundering that has been involved in some ways. We have enough information and we have enough to help us to guide us moving forward to help us with these subpoenas. – Maxine Waters	Found on CNN 5 years ago
I will not die an unlived life. I will not live in fear of falling or catching fire. I choose to inhabit my days, to allow my living to open me, to make me less afraid, more accessible; to loosen my heart until it becomes a wing, a torch, a promise. I choose to risk my significance, to live so that which came to me as seed goes to the next as blossom, and that which came to me as blossom, goes on as fruit. – Dawna Markova	added by Normando 5 years ago
I don't know what William Barr's afraid of. – Jerry Nadler	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Don’t be afraid to burn a bridge you never want to cross again. – RJ Intindola	added by RJ Intindola 5 years ago
You have done nothing but tweet about it, unlike you, President Trump, New York is not afraid to stand up to the NRA. – New York	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
The only way that we can cultivate what makes America great is to look to the future and not be afraid of it. – Pete Buttigieg	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
I know that there are a number of my colleagues, both governors and senators, members of the House who will say privately they're very concerned, that they won't say anything publicly, and I think it's because, you know, they're afraid, there's no profiles in courage here. They're afraid of being primaried. They're afraid of being tweeted about and very few of us are willing to say what we really think. – The Republican governor	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best; it removes all that is base. All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood. – George S. Patton	added by Normando 5 years ago
I am afraid that, if Pompeo engages in the talks again, the table will be lousy once again and the talks will become entangled, therefore, even in the case of possible resumption of the dialogue with the United States, I wish our dialogue counterpart would be not Pompeo but other person who is more careful and mature in communicating with us. – Kwon Jong Gun	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
This group is not afraid of work, theyre not afraid of competition. Theyre not afraid of a whole lot. – The Islanders	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
Number one, look, you can't threaten somebody with something they're not afraid of, and we are not afraid of diversity in the state of Washington. We relish it. – Jay Inslee	Found on CNN 5 years ago

Those who are the same age as us or older saw it happen, but they are too afraid to talk, and those who are younger than us never even knew it happened.

– Zhang Yansheng

Found on CNN
5 years ago

We found that there was a good deal of misunderstanding about what the CDC guideline was intended to do, theyre not supposed to be a substitute for an individual doctors decision about what the appropriate prescription is for a patient. We have this problem when the federal government or a government agency issues guidelines, they suddenly become law. People become afraid. You have insurance companies refusing to reimburse for opioid prescriptions. Its easier just to follow [ the guidelines ] rather than make your own decision.

– Senator Alexander

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

Texas Medical Board would be very helpful if the hearing and Congress holdthem accountable, doctors know theyre prescribing correctly, but theyre afraid to keep prescribing.They say Yeah, but The DEA comes on my neck. The DEA creates a lot of confusion, The DEA puts them in a bind, the The DEA ispracticing medicine without a license.

– Sherif Zaafran

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

The thing I love about California Democrats is we are never afraid of a fight, and we know right now weve got a fight on our hands.

– Kamala Harris

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

I really always worked hard, because I recognized from a pretty young age it was one of the only things I could control, i remember I did karate as a kid, at the Jewish Community Center, and when I started I was the worst in the class, I was the worst of 25 Jewish kids who were afraid of getting picked on. And then just because everyone else quit, three years later I was at the top of the class, and there were 25 Jewish kids who were worse than me. And that was always tangible : Just by not stopping I became the best one. It wasn't this, like, ferocious leap. I just kept going, and slowly [ other ] people stopped. Because a lot of people will stop.

– Seth Rogen

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Believe in yourself and don't be afraid to reach for the stars.

– Aurora Berill

added by auroraberill
5 years ago

We weren't Americans, I am afraid.

– Richard Llewellyn

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

If we do nothing because we are afraid of the polls or the politics, or the repercussions in the next election, we will set a precedent that, in fact, some people, because of the position of power and public trust that they hold, are above the law.

– William Barr

Found on CNN
5 years ago

I am afraid of coming to the office, i get upset when I remember my colleagues who were killed. The attack has impacted my child too.

– Meena Ahmadi

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

If it's more than two candidates running in the same race that he's in, I'm afraid that he is going to be the next member of Congress from that district, he does have a base, which is a problem with this guy.

– Gerson Borrero

Found on CNN
5 years ago

The people opposing that bill just behaved reprehensibly around the building, and one of the things that distresses me is Im afraid that some of them are going to feel that those tactics worked. Those tactics had nothing to do with what happened.

– Ginny Burdick

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

They have realized that Facebook was one of the last safe spaces where people could peacefully speak their mind, spread news, hold debates - everything the authorities are afraid of.

– Nguyen Truong Son

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

In the past year, the Vietnamese authorities have made a clear effort to clamp down on social media, they have realized that Facebook was one of the last safe spaces where people could peacefully speak their mind, spread news, hold debates - everything the authorities are afraid of.

– Nguyen Truong Son

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

He's obviously afraid that we are going to learn more about his relationships with Deutsche Bank, more about his bank records, perhaps, more about whether or not there is money laundering that has been involved in some ways. We have enough information and we have enough to help us to guide us moving forward to help us with these subpoenas.

– Maxine Waters

Found on CNN
5 years ago

I will not die an unlived life. I will not live in fear of falling or catching fire. I choose to inhabit my days, to allow my living to open me, to make me less afraid, more accessible; to loosen my heart until it becomes a wing, a torch, a promise. I choose to risk my significance, to live so that which came to me as seed goes to the next as blossom, and that which came to me as blossom, goes on as fruit.

– Dawna Markova

added by Normando
5 years ago

I don't know what William Barr's afraid of.

– Jerry Nadler

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Don’t be afraid to burn a bridge you never want to cross again.

– RJ Intindola

added by RJ Intindola
5 years ago

You have done nothing but tweet about it, unlike you, President Trump, New York is not afraid to stand up to the NRA.

– New York

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

The only way that we can cultivate what makes America great is to look to the future and not be afraid of it.

– Pete Buttigieg

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

I know that there are a number of my colleagues, both governors and senators, members of the House who will say privately they're very concerned, that they won't say anything publicly, and I think it's because, you know, they're afraid, there's no profiles in courage here. They're afraid of being primaried. They're afraid of being tweeted about and very few of us are willing to say what we really think.

– The Republican governor

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best; it removes all that is base. All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood.

– George S. Patton

added by Normando
5 years ago

I am afraid that, if Pompeo engages in the talks again, the table will be lousy once again and the talks will become entangled, therefore, even in the case of possible resumption of the dialogue with the United States, I wish our dialogue counterpart would be not Pompeo but other person who is more careful and mature in communicating with us.

– Kwon Jong Gun

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

This group is not afraid of work, theyre not afraid of competition. Theyre not afraid of a whole lot.

– The Islanders

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

Number one, look, you can't threaten somebody with something they're not afraid of, and we are not afraid of diversity in the state of Washington. We relish it.

– Jay Inslee

Found on CNN
5 years ago

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