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“Vladimir Vladimorovich: The Kremlin walls became your prison walls. You have already lost. You know it. That's why you are so afraid. You lost in spirit. The world is on Ukraine's side. The world is with the people of Ukraine.”
Nadezhda Tolokonnikova (born 1989) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speaking at TED: "Pussy Riot's powerful message to Vladimir Putin", April 2023
“[Putin's] afraid of the misinformed American president doing something that gets everybody killed. He’s not worried about us getting ourselves killed, but he is worried about Russia. So what he wants to do is make it clear to anybody — to a child on a bicycle — that you cannot win. They will destroy the United States in response, no matter what your defenses can or cannot do.”
Theodore Postol (born 1946) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“This is coal. Don't be afraid. Don't be scared. It won't hurt you.”
Scott Morrison (born 1968) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In 2017, then-Treasurer Morrison famously used a large lump of coal, donated by the Minerals Council of Australia, as a prop for a speech during Parliament question time, accusing the opposition of "coalophobia".
“I like to encourage students to reach for the stars and go for their dreams. I tell them not to be afraid to pursue something different. I also tell them that it's very important to read as much and as often as they can and to work hard in school.”
Gary Locke (born 1950) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Diversity obligates to us a Christian identity well accented and deep, because the more I feel secure in my faith, the more I am capable of having that interior liberty in my relationship with whatever person. When I feel weak in faith, I am afraid of the other beliefs, other religions, they may detour my own security. The difference of religion should invite us to be more mature in faith!”
Redovino Rizzardo (1939–2016) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Bishop Explains How to Join Religious Liberty and Ecumenism (14 May 2013)
“Dear Theresa, I’m lying on my bed tonight missing you, my eyes all swollen, hot tears running down my face. There's a fierce summer lightning storm raging outside. Tonight I walked down streets looking for you in every woman’s face, as I have each night of this lonely exile. I’m afraid I’ll never see your laughing, teasing eyes again.”
Leslie Feinberg (1949–2014) said by 2014 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There will be no nuclear winter where everyone is afraid. There won't be horrific radiation that will kill everyone … None of that will happen”
Margarita Simonyan (born 1980) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We believe that persecution is part of our Christian vocation and Christian life. We are not afraid, but we live it as a blessing from God. We know that where there is persecution, faith is strengthened, and today I am proud to say that faith in my people is strengthening.”
John Barwa (born 1955) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Archbishop of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar, in Orissa: " Persecution exists, but the faith of Christians is growing" (19 May 2011)
“The challenge is not just to accept immigrants, but to help them integrate. And this is something which the world of politics is afraid to say, whereas the economic world admits it. For the west it is not only a matter of generosity, it is a question of survival.”
Jozef De Kesel (born 1947) first seen 2009 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Chocolates and Kebabs - Meeting/interview with Mgr Jozef De Kesel, auxiliary Bishop of Malines-Brussels (Luca De Mata correspondence from Belgium - 13) (31 January 2009) Fides News Agency
“And what about César Chávez in California? What's the history of the campesino and what is he fighting for? These are our people too. And in Texas our brothers and sisters have a struggle. Just what is this all about? What is happening to our people? We feel what is happening, let's learn about it and let's start speaking up. Let's talk to each other and let's not be afraid to be heard. (1969)”
Enriqueta Vasquez (born 1930) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“One of the things I was afraid I would miss out on with a digital residency was the very local and human voice but thankfully through technology we can approximate some of what a conversation in person accomplishes".”
Tjawangwa Dema (born 1981) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 'Complicating Fragments or You Are Here' - A poem by QuayWords Summer Digital writer-in-residnece, Tjawangwa Dema Accessed in July 19, 2022
“I am not afraid to say that we are moving toward military defeat.”
Igor Girkin (born 1970) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Putin's Forces Heading to Military 'Defeat,' Former Russian Commander Warns", Newsweek, 2 April 2023
“We are afraid to lead, because we are taught to be followers. We have been told that we are docile so long, that we have forgotten that we have always been fighters.... We can only unchain our minds from this colonized mentality if we learn our true history, understand our culture, and work toward unity.”
Denise Oliver-Velez (1947–2026) first seen 1972 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 1972 article
“If you have a crazy idea, go for it! Don’t be afraid to make mistakes.”
Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu (born 1980) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My dream is to lead. I speak fluent Italian, English and Spanish and I am studying Russian. From the point of view of the feelings and the path, I was burned because I went out there with a person who was not interested in me. I would be afraid of relapsing again. I don't know if I would be able to trust another person again but above all I would no longer want to have a television relationship.”
Soleil Sorge (born 1994) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“They were afraid of black people. They just couldn't stand to see, their nerves would not allow them to meet with ten black people without an attorney, whole lots of us.”
Velma Hopkins (1909–1996) said by 1996 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I was always considered a "shaigitz" when I was young and as a militant out-spoken trade-unionist during my activities in the labor movement, I am not afraid of telling the truth to you now.”
Rose Pesotta (1896–1965) said by 1965 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I don't pull no punches, I'm not afraid to call out no names. You screw with the transgender community and the organization StreetTransgender Action Revolutionaries[STAR] will be on your doorstep.”
Sylvia Rivera (1951–2002) said by 2002 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We’re putting a group of men together that are talented enough and aren't afraid to make fun of themselves.”
Kevin Hart (born 1979) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Rumors of the cardinal’s popularity don’t make him glad, they make him afraid. The king has given Wolsey a pardon. But if he was offended once, he can be offended again. If they could think up forty-four charges, then—if fantasy is unconstrained by truth—they can think up forty-four more.”
Hilary Mantel (1952–2022) said by 2022 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I was so average, Tojo. Even after I stopped being fat I was just an average girl with average parents and average grades and average friends. I was always afraid I was going to have an average husband and sleep with him 3.4 times a week and have 2.2 children.”
Mike Resnick (1942–2020) said by 2020 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“1. ACKNOWLEDGE CHAOS. 2. EXPERIMENT. 3. TO POLARIZE OR NOT TO POLARIZE 4. DON'T UNDERESTIMATE THE IMPORTANCE OF HUMOR 5. LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO BRIDGE CHASMS 6. DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE STRENGTH OF SUBGROUPS 7. WELCOME THE ENERGY AND COURAGE OF THE YOUNG 8. PAY ATTENTION TO PSYCHOLOGY 9. LOOK TO EXPAND PEOPLE'S SENSE OF POSSIBILITY”
Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz (1945–2018) said by 2018 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I'm afraid we do see many instances where people purport to be gay when they're not actually gay, but in order to get special treatment. It's not the way our asylum system should work/”
Suella Braverman (born 1980) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On Peston (27 September 2023), as cited in "Asylum seekers pretend to be gay to 'get special treatment', says Home Secretary", The Independent (27 September 2023)
“After the mini-budget we were going at breakneck speed and I said, you know, we should slow down, slow down. She said, "Well, I’ve only got two years" and I said, "You will have two months if you carry on like this". And that is, I’m afraid, what happened.”
Kwasi Kwarteng (born 1975) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I had the impression she had become unconscious of her surroundings and was watching the past flick by like a series of moving pictures, silent, uncaptioned; a gate here, a fence there; doors opening upon rooms sometimes empty, sometimes crowded; and stairs, endless, endless stairs down which one was afraid to go for the terror that awaited one's return.”
Paul Scott (novelist) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I'm afraid things have gotten a little bit extreme lately because of the extremism that's trying to take hold in Harris County. I am very proud of my record reaching across the aisle”
Lina Hidalgo (born 1991) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Take a chance. Don’t be afraid of what you don’t know. And don’t fall in love with Plan A.”
Huma Abedin (born 1976) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Don’t be afraid to dream, and don’t stop at just dreaming, do everything you can to make it a reality.”
Ini Dima-Okojie (born 1990) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Her advice to young people (2018)
“The person used to go early morning, leaving me alone in a small house, ikibahima, and because I was afraid, I adopted a tactic to shout and scare them”
Butera Knowless (born 1990) first seen 2024 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: https://www.ktpress.rw/2024/07/singer-butera-knowless-shares-testimony-of-humble-beginning-to-rpf-candidate-and-crowd-of-supporters/
“Don't be afraid to challenge the norms, for that is where true progress lies.”
Caster Semenya (born 1991) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Go after it! Don’t be afraid to major in something in college that will lead you to this.”
Elsie Shutt (born 1928) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There is none so quick to dismiss what they don’t understand as those who are afraid of it. And maybe with reason.”
Paula Brackston wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There is nothing new since Ezekiel’s time in their terror and declaration that the enemy is upon us. They are saying to Congress, ‘Never mind the death of democracy, nor our foreign policies, whether they be just or unjust, but prepare!’ In the face of this, we say to Congress, ‘Gentlemen, wait; go slow. We are not afraid.’”
Crystal Eastman (1881–1928) first seen 1916 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech at the first annual meeting of the Woman’s Peace Party, 1916
“I’ve never been afraid of a challenge”
Judith Audu first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Nollywood actress Judith Audu makes directing debut", The Eagle Online (January 10, 2018)
“I see the anger within my Muslim youths and I am afraid that the day this anger bursts out, the day I lose control over them… I want to warn my Hindu brothers that I’m scared that the day my Muslim youths are forced to take the law into their hands, you will not find a place to hide anywhere in India.”
Tauqeer Raza Khan first seen 2009 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: as attributed, quoted in Maulana Tauqeer Raza Khan bays for Hindu blood in Bareilly, had allied with Congress in 2009 to strengthen ‘secularism’: Details
“I never felt afraid because I knew that the work was what mattered most. I have always been a hard worker, and nothing daunts me. What sometimes scares me is people's ignorance or stupidity.”
Sonia Rolland (born 1981) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I was afraid that if I went to Hollywood, I might be faced with the danger of being built up into a player who always features in the same kind of roles.”
Wendy Hiller (1912–2003) first seen 1938 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Wendy share her feelings about role in 1938.
“Dear black girl, don't be afraid to shine. Your hair is beautiful and your skin is divine.”
Nse Ikpe-Etim (born 1974) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If you are convinced this is what you want to do, don't be afraid, go forward. You have to know what you want and go for it. Don't let the money be an issue. You can always pay your bills if you're willing to work.”
Olympia Dukakis (1931–2021) first seen 2007 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Olympia advice young people in 2007.
“Do not be afraid to take bold steps and ask for help. The most successful people did not make it on their own. You need to find mentors and advisors along the way: experienced, wiser people who know a lot and can help you fulfill your aspirations.”
Funke Opeke (born 1950) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Zena is a mother and a woman who is not afraid of death. Despite the chaos around her, she actively seeks out ways to find rescue. I love playing when it comes to portraying women who are strong and who are leading change.”
Eliane Umuhire (born 1986) first seen 2024 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Umuhire talks role in ‘A Quiet Place,’ Kigali Cine JunctionThe New Times(July 31, 2024)
“I might have an empathy for the great art of mothering, that understands we can be imperfect and yet be doing our best as a mother. And I'm not afraid to show that, I guess.”
Melissa Leo (born 1960) first seen 2012 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Melissa speak on mothering in 2012.
“I think you learn something from everybody that you work with if you allow yourself to do that. What you might learn is to just be freer or braver. That's part of what you take away from an experience like that, and you grow. You might be a little less afraid the next time you work with somebody whose mind works like that.”
Mary Steenburgen (born 1953) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Mary speak on working with others in comedies in 2020.
“For now, I will choose my job because that is what made me who I am.If my partner is not willing to accept the kind of work I do then he is not the right man for me.I believe couples should be able to sit and resolve issues and if my man is not willing to do the very thing that makes me happy, then I am afraid he is not the man for me. No man can tell me to quit acting”
Zynnell Zuh (born 1990) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I made the decision long ago that to be afraid would be to diminish my life.”
Janet Reno (1938–2016) said by 2016 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Because if you want to make it in life, you need no conscience and if you have conscience you won’t do anything. But I don’t mean you have to be bad, I mean you have to be able to live your life. If you are too afraid to grab life, it will be hard for you and you will be nowhere to be found. So if you know what is good for you, live life to the fullest because no one knows tomorrow”
Munachi Abii (born 1987) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In Africa, we are very spiritual: here, if you talk about God, it's considered an affront. Even Catholics are afraid to say they are. France and Belgium are among the few countries in Europe to have a discourse on the veil.”
Lous and the Yakuza (born 1996) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lous and the Yakuza: "Being an example without being exemplary", (https://www.marieclaire.fr/, 03 March 2021)
“This Rwanda has come a long way, we owe it to heroes who were not afraid to give their lives to this day so that we can live, have a name, and have an origin. My role is also yours because of Rwanda. Who we are, what we do, all that we own is because we have Rwanda. Without it, it does not exist!”
Nelly Mukazayire (born 1982) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Minisitiri wa Siporo Nelly Mukazayire yakebuye abakigaragaraho gupfobya Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi. (Doma news April 11, 2025).
“People on the right have been very afraid of a narrative that doesn't deify our founding, that actually forces us to confront it, because that leads to change. When people know better oftentimes they do better. We are seeing that now.”
Nikole Hannah-Jones (born 1976) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Jun 20, 2020 on Joy Reid's show
“Most people are good,” says Jim. “But not when they’re afraid.”
Daniel H. Wilson (born 1978) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source