A Quote by John Hurt

We're all far too afraid of being so arrogant to say "Either you can or you can't."

John Hurt

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Afraid Arrogant Being Either Far Say Too

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John Hurt
British - Actor
January 22, 1940 - January 25, 2017

We Bengalis are querulous, arrogant, oversensitive and far, far too emotional. We cry too often and laugh too hard. We wave our passions like bright flags. Calcutta is our city.

Victor Banerjee

I was afraid of being judged too harshly. But I'd let those fears overwhelm me for far too long.

Karen Elson

For far too long we have been seduced into walking a path that did not lead us to ourselves. For far too long we have said yes when we wanted to say no. And for far too long we have said no when we desperately wanted to say yes. . . . When we don't listen to our intuition, we abandon our souls. And we abandon our souls because we are afraid if we don't, others will abandon us.

Terry Tempest Williams

People were telling me it was refreshing I was real because previous 'X Factor' winners were too afraid to say anything. I decided to go against the grain. But I took it too far.

James Arthur

I never really mind what people say about me - I am far too unconventional and far too dedicated to being true to myself to let other people's disdain or nastiness upset me for long.

Zsa Zsa Gabor

In reality, I was drowning in negativity. I was stuck playing a part, too afraid to change, too afraid of losing my readers if I suddenly stopped being so mean.

Perez Hilton

Being a nerd, which is to say going too far and caring too much about a subject, is the best way to make friends I know.

Sarah Vowell

If you hold back on the emotions--if you don't allow yourself to go all the way through them--you can never get to being detached, you're too busy being afraid. You're afraid of the pain, you're afraid of the grief. You're afraid of the vulnerability that loving entails. But by throwing yourself into these emotions, by allowing yourself to dive in, all the way, over your heard even, you experience them fully and completely.

Mitch Albom

As actors you're always afraid to go too far but Lasse Hallstrom wants you to go too far. He wants you to do it wrong, to be over-the-top, and that's so freeing to be able to think 'Now I can try and be bad'. There's no pressure on you and you don't feel you can make a mistake.

Channing Tatum

Just as being nice to the arrogant is no better than being arrogant toward the nice, being accommodating toward anyone committing a nefarious action condones it.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

There was an assistant professor I kind of had a crush on, but I was far too awkward and far too nervous to ever say anything.

Lauren Stamile

People accuse me of being arrogant all the time. I'm not arrogant, I'm focused.

Russell Crowe

There are too many conservatives who are terrified of being labelled. They're afraid of being labelled, and they're afraid of being not liked.

Tomi Lahren

Anyone who strays too far from the majority view or the conventional wisdom is bound to be labeled "arrogant," "a maverick," "a Wildman," "weird," or even "crazy."