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Scare Quotes - Page 11

Everyone is screwed up, broken, clingy, and scared, even the people who seem to have it more or less together.

"'Every single thing I know, as of today': Author Anne Lamott shares life wisdom in viral Facebook post" by Erin Clements, www.today.com. April 10, 2015.

Famous people scare me. I get really nervous around famous people. ... I overcompensate (with) how unimpressed I am, which is completely and utter rubbish. So I'm a fan.

"Andrew Garfield back on screen, and Comic-Con, as Spidey". The Associated Press Interview, www.denverpost.com. July 26, 2013.

I was scared. Do you know what it's like to hold someone else's life in your hands? It's like playing God. Can you think of anything scarier than that?

Sidney Sheldon (2007). “The dark side of midnight: featuring The other side of midnight, Rage of angels”

I feel like I'm one of the biggest feminists in the world because I tell women not to be scared of anything.

""Miley Cyrus says she's 'one of the biggest feminists"". Interview Chi Chi Izundu, www.bbc.co.uk. November 12, 2013.

everybody's scared, but if you don't let your fears stop you, that's bravery!

Leslie Feinberg (2010). “Stone Butch Blues”, p.168, ReadHowYouWant.com

So she became impulsive, scared by her inaction into perpetual action.

John Green (2015). “Looking For Alaska Special 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.94, Penguin

All guys are scared of each other, didn't you know that? I'm not the only one. We're all born afraid.

Cornell Woolrich, Francis M. Nevins (2005). “Night and Fear: A Centenary Collection of Stories”, p.388, Carroll & Graf

The only time the word baby doesn't scare me is the time that it should, when it is what a man calls me.

Amy Hempel, Rick Moody (2007). “The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel”, p.284, Simon and Schuster

I think I'm going to be stereotyped forever, but I'm not scared of being stereotyped.

"Sofia Vergara On David Beckham Tom Cruise The Smurfs Modern Family Emmys". Interview with Marlow Stern, www.thedailybeast.com. July 19, 2011.