The more success you get, you start to be harder on yourself or more afraid of the looking glass. You have to learn to build a thicker skin because people are paying more attention.
It wasn't until I found my tribe of artists - people who were outspoken and not afraid to say what they thought, whether in a song or a dance or a piece of classical music - that I found a refuge.
That's what I so admired about Johnny Cash and June Carter. Their music wasn't a big influence on me. It was their character, their individual styles, what they were like as people. They weren't afraid to stick out.
I like to write and draw and paint, and my mom's an artist, so I think I get caught up in thinking, 'I'm afraid it's gonna be bad,' and it's hard for me to start sometimes.
The Vision: You're afraid. Ultron: Of you? The Vision: Of death. You're the last one. Ultron: You were supposed to be the last.
Miriam: [hesitating as they leave the Valley of the Lepers] I'm afraid. Esther: [embracing her] No cause. The world is more than we know.
A lot of people are afraid to tell the truth, to say no. That's where toughness comes into play. Toughness is not being a bully. It's having backbone.
The truth is, I probably would be dead if I had become a star, because at that point I was so closeted and so afraid of people of finding out I was gay. There was no telling what would have happened.
I'm a church boy. I got whuppin's. So I'm afraid at any moment my grandmother could just swing down from heaven with a switch.
I'm afraid the workings of J.J. Abrams' mind falls outside the predictive capacity of any coherent theory.
I really loved making 'A Walk to Remember', so I'm not afraid of making smaller films. But for me, I just need to connect to the characters.
A God less than sovereign could not bestow moral freedom upon His creatures. He would be afraid to do so.
Have I gone mad?" "I'm afraid so. You're terrible BONKERS. But I'll tell you a secret. All the best people are.
Frankly speaking, I'm not afraid of death. I don't endeavour to avert its advent. But I don't want to be a witness of it.
The P.C. police are out in force at all times... We've reached a point where people are actually afraid to talk about what they want to say.
Attack politics costs us dearly in terms of insight into the candidates. In a presidential campaign, the focus is so tight that the politicians are afraid to say anything that hasn't been scripted.
If you follow anything that I've ever done, I never stick to one thing more than one year. I'm just afraid to get typecast.
Success goes to the ones who do. Get up. Show up. Throw up if you have to. Do it afraid, but do it no matter.
Each one of us has to take responsibility for reality, and present it so that kids will grow up familiar with that and say, OK. I've seen that before. I'm not afraid of it.
It won't do to be afraid of failure. Failure is the mother of success; a long journey begins from the ground beneath his feet.
What the world really needs is courageous parenting from mothers and fathers who are not afraid to speak up and take a stand.
