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A line from one of my 1997 columns - Do one thing every day that s

A line from one of my 1997 columns – Do one thing every day that scares you – is now widely attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt, though I have yet to see any evidence that she ever said it and I dont believe she did. She said some things about fear, but not that thing. – Mary Schmich

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The movies we love and admire are to some extent a function of who we are when we see them. – Mary Schmich

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Heres a thing about the death of your mother, or anyone else you love: You cant anticipate how youll feel afterward. People will tell you a few may be close to right, none exactly right. – Mary Schmich

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For some Chicago expats, food is the medicine that blunts the pain of separation. – Mary Schmich

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That might have a lot to do with it, but you know, I probably dont show fear, but I suffer from fear like everyone else. – Steve Irwin

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I wont touch on risky, because thats subjective. People are just afraid of things too much. Afraid of things that dont necessarily merit fear. – Frank Ocean

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I have no doubt that given a real choice, the vast majority of Muslims and Arabs, like everyone else will choose a free society over a fear society. – Natan Sharansky

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Fear is the mother of morality. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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