Bill Gates

At Microsoft there are lots of brilliant ideas but the image is that they all come from the top - I'm afraid that's not quite right.

American Businessman

Jim Carrey

Life opens up opportunities to you, and you either take them or you stay afraid of taking them.

Canadian Comedian

Stephen Hawking

I'm not afraid of death, but I'm in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first.

English Physicist

Abraham Lincoln

A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me.

American President

Woody Allen

I'm not afraid to die, I just don't want to be there when it happens.

American Director

John D. Rockefeller

Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.

Taylor Swift

I'm not afraid to write my feelings in songs.

American Singer

Clint Eastwood

I'm not afraid to look bad on the screen.

American Actor

Michael Jordan

American Basketball Player

John Wooden

American Coach

Directly communicates personal fears or concerns about specific things or situations.

Expressing Fear

Fears can be irrational; 'afraid' doesn't necessarily imply the fear is logical.

Not Always Rational

'Afraid' can also refer to the fear of doing something, not just of something existing.

Fear of Actions

Softens the delivery of bad news or disagreement in a polite or formal context.

Polite Disagreement

'Afraid' can signal that something cannot be done or changed, often out of the speaker's control.

Indicating Impossibility

Precedes expressions of regret when having to convey unwanted news or decline gently.

Conveying Apology

Prepares the listener for disappointing news, signaling that the speaker wishes the situation was different.

Signaling Regret

Shows the speaker's limitations or inability to meet a request or expectation.

Expressing Inability

 I was so afraid of being found out the next day that I called her and said, "I'm quitting." She was like, "You are not quitting, because I took a gamble on you, and you're staying. You're going to stay, and this is what you're going to do. You are going to fake it. You're going to do every talk that you ever get asked to do. You're just going to do it and do it and do it,

Your body language may...

 do that we roped in someone who knows a thing or two about virality it's just like a monetary thing you just yes yes I'm afraid you owe me no I am actually going to buzz off stage and leave you sitting here not feeling awkward because I would like to welcome to the stage

Expanding our definition...

 and electroconvulsive therapy, which works like a carefully controlled seizure in the brain, is sometimes used as an emergency treatment. Some bipolar patients reject treatment because they're afraid it will dim their emotions and destroy their creativity.

What is bipolar...

 us because that's where the sound's coming from we'll kill the sound as soon as we see them okay i trust you i think i'm in your hands so let's do this let's do this awesome let's go i'm excited and a little bit afraid right now

Hair-Raising Hyena...

 But while the characters and their psychologies are gripping, Tolstoy is not afraid to interrupt the narrative to pose insightful questions about history. Why do wars start? What are good battlefield tactics?

Why should you read...

 A lot of our participants, it's their first time putting on a wet suit, it's their first time going in the water, and so they sign up 'cause they're like afraid of the ocean.

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 Are you afraid of black cats? Would you open an umbrella indoors? And how do you feel about the number thirteen? Whether or not you believe in them,

Where do superstitions...

 Good evening! What's the matter? Are you afraid of vampires? He he, no need to worry,