A Quote by Euripides

Numbers are a fearful thing. — © Euripides
Numbers are a fearful thing.

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A fearful man who knows he is fearful is far more trustable than a fearful man who isn’t aware of his fear.
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I dream in numbers, and I like to look up the meaning of numbers, and numbers stick out to me.
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Death is not fearful. What's fearful is giving up.
We shouldn't be fearful of freedom, we shouldn't be fearful of individual liberty.
Numbers still gave Astrid pleasure. That was the great thing about numbers: it required no faith to believe that two plus two equaled four. And math never, ever condemned you for your thoughts and desires.
Death is a fearful thing.
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The love scenes that worked, regardless of the director, were the ones where the actors weren't fearful. When somebody was fearful, you could see it right away. It takes you out of the story, and that's to be avoided at all costs.
Round numbers beg to be negotiated, usually by counteroffer round numbers. Odd numbers sound harder, firmer, less negotiable.
If there is any form of contagion that is adaptive, it is the immediate response to the fear of others. If others are fearful, there may be good reason for you to be fearful too.
Alas! it is a fearful thing To feel another's guilt!
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