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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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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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Ive noticed a lot of younger artists have less fear of doing different sorts of things, whether its various types of music, or gallery artists moving between video and sculpture and drawing. – David Byrne

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The key to success is to focus our conscious mind on things we desire not things we fear. – Brian Tracy

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He has not learned the first lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear. – John Dryden

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Mysticism and exaggeration go together. A mystic must not fear ridicule if he is to push all the way to the limits of humility or the limits of delight. – Milan Kundera

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