=== ANCHOR POEM ===
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 @user-750 
 
 if you aren't afraid, then either you aren't in danger or you've misjudged
 your opponent.
 
 if you're constantly afraid, then they cannot yet defeat you.
 
 EDIT: either that, or they need you.
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=== SIMILARITY RANKED ===

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 if you're afraid of spies, then they've already won.
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--- #2 fediverse/5345 ---
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 you can't win every battle, but if you're losing then you've lost.
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--- #3 messages/204 ---
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 Don't be afraid. You will overcome every challenge that becomes you, it's just
 a question of how. That's up to your expression, so do as you will.
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--- #4 fediverse/2208 ---
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 Without community, of course you're going to be afraid. of course you won't
 know what to do. of course you should leave, and return from a position of
 strength.
 
 With fellows beside you, nothing can stand before you.
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 If you are stressed about the world, it's often because you are afraid of
 losing what you have.
 
 The cure to this feeling is to realize that you never had anything to begin
 with, you only rented it.
 
 Soon we will be free.
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--- #6 messages/505 ---
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 I am brave with what I say but fearful with what I do
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--- #7 fediverse/5314 ---
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 people are so afraid of defamation lawsuits that they'll refrain from posting
 things like "steam could technically see everything going on on your screen"
 
 what will you say in front of a phone?
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--- #8 fediverse/3059 ---
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 I only sorta know what a "reply guy" is and at this point I'm scared to ask
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--- #9 fediverse/2326 ---
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 I'm not afraid to die, but if I was I'd probably just lie. Fear is the
 mindkiller, and to share it as terror and not caution deals morale a blow.
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--- #10 fediverse/946 ---
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 @user-661 
 
 so, you should strive to be compassionate and honest, in order to keep fear
 from ruling your life?
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--- #11 fediverse/2023 ---
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 The unknown is scarier than the new. The more you learn, the more you
 experience, the less afraid you are.
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--- #12 fediverse/4230 ---
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 @user-1643 
 
 Every person who blocks you is another person's opinion who you no longer have
 to fear
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--- #13 fediverse/1771 ---
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 if you can't find them when you need them, then you don't have them.
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 embrace the destruction of your fear
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--- #15 bluesky#17 ---
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 someone once told me "be not afraid" and I took it seriously
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--- #16 fediverse/1986 ---
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 when cornered, is it your instinct to escape? or to take one of them down with
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--- #17 fediverse/1161 ---
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 if you aren't careful, the stuff you own will come to own you.
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--- #18 bluesky#36 ---
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 people are terrified, yet within me I feel a bright brilliant light.
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--- #19 fediverse/577 ---
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 @user-419 
 
 they're afraid of my water saving habits >: )
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--- #20 fediverse/4225 ---
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 I'm not scared. I know that whatever happens, we're here for each other.
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