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It's a fact that people who are in a weakened position, whether physically or mentally, have this perception of the outer world as threatening. Everything that is unexpected or unknown is seen as a potential danger.

— Michael Haneke

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Danger is ever-present in life, more for some than others.

— T.I.

In this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it.

— George Bernard Shaw

In a world we find terrifying, we ratify that which doesn't threaten us.

— David Mamet

I think people seem to sort of associate me with danger. And I don't see that at all.

— John Malkovich

Just when we most need to be clearheaded, in order to face the hard facts before us, there is all too frequently a very real inclination to give way to dangerous tendencies merely as an escape from realities.

— William Lyon Mackenzie King

Two dangers constantly threaten the world: order and disorder.

— Paul Valery

A person's fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

We are living in a world of fear. The life of man today is corroded and made bitter by fear: fear of the future, fear of the hydrogen bomb, fear of ideologies. Perhaps this fear is a greater danger than the danger itself because it is fear, which drives men to act thoughtlessly, to act dangerously.

— Sukarno

When we are afraid we ought not to occupy ourselves with endeavoring to prove that there is no danger, but in strengthening ourselves to go on in spite of the danger.

— Hale White

A fear of the unknown keeps a lot of people from leaving bad situations.

— Kathie Lee Gifford

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