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    On the subject of having courage in the face of danger, I always found this quotation from the great writer Frank Herbert to be of great value: I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little death that brings total oblivion. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me and turn my inner eye to follow its path. When the fear is gone, only I will remain. --The Litany Against Fear (Frank Herbert, -Dune-, 1965) Any other suggestions from our great collection of coders?

    Cornelius Henning Failure is not an option - It is a rare privilege reserved for the few among us who have the guts to try. And: Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm. -- Publilius Syrus

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      On the subject of having courage in the face of danger, I always found this quotation from the great writer Frank Herbert to be of great value: I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little death that brings total oblivion. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me and turn my inner eye to follow its path. When the fear is gone, only I will remain. --The Litany Against Fear (Frank Herbert, -Dune-, 1965) Any other suggestions from our great collection of coders?

      Cornelius Henning Failure is not an option - It is a rare privilege reserved for the few among us who have the guts to try. And: Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm. -- Publilius Syrus

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      Elephant fear. Face it and destroy it. Herbert was right: allowing fear to control you renders you useless.

      "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me me, in pictures

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        On the subject of having courage in the face of danger, I always found this quotation from the great writer Frank Herbert to be of great value: I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little death that brings total oblivion. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me and turn my inner eye to follow its path. When the fear is gone, only I will remain. --The Litany Against Fear (Frank Herbert, -Dune-, 1965) Any other suggestions from our great collection of coders?

        Cornelius Henning Failure is not an option - It is a rare privilege reserved for the few among us who have the guts to try. And: Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm. -- Publilius Syrus

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        I've accepted the fact that I was born with a death sentence. I celebrate that reality by screaming like a woman every time I get scared.

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          Elephant fear. Face it and destroy it. Herbert was right: allowing fear to control you renders you useless.

          "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me me, in pictures

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          I'd disagree with you, but you seem aggressive and ill tempered. Fearing the consequences, I now choose to remain silent.

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            I'd disagree with you, but you seem aggressive and ill tempered. Fearing the consequences, I now choose to remain silent.

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            :) I'm sad that you think me ill tempered and prone to violence: I'm actually quite jolly; just aggressively so!

            "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me me, in pictures

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              On the subject of having courage in the face of danger, I always found this quotation from the great writer Frank Herbert to be of great value: I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little death that brings total oblivion. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me and turn my inner eye to follow its path. When the fear is gone, only I will remain. --The Litany Against Fear (Frank Herbert, -Dune-, 1965) Any other suggestions from our great collection of coders?

              Cornelius Henning Failure is not an option - It is a rare privilege reserved for the few among us who have the guts to try. And: Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm. -- Publilius Syrus

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              Forogar
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              I'm afraid I can't answer that, sorry.

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                On the subject of having courage in the face of danger, I always found this quotation from the great writer Frank Herbert to be of great value: I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little death that brings total oblivion. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me and turn my inner eye to follow its path. When the fear is gone, only I will remain. --The Litany Against Fear (Frank Herbert, -Dune-, 1965) Any other suggestions from our great collection of coders?

                Cornelius Henning Failure is not an option - It is a rare privilege reserved for the few among us who have the guts to try. And: Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm. -- Publilius Syrus

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                Accept that pain is only transitory: and that you have survived all the pain you have had thrown at you so far, so how much worse can it get? (Unless you haven't had a frozen shoulder yet in which case the answer is "a lot") Physical pain, emotional pain, mental pain, the embarrassment of looking like an idiot - they don't last forever, so you can get over them. Why not do it now? Once the prospect of pain no longer worries you you are free to make choices - which can them minimize the pain to come. If the prospect of pain rules you, you cannot make a decision, and you are useless to yourself. That is panic. Having said that, I'm terrified of spiders.

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                  :) I'm sad that you think me ill tempered and prone to violence: I'm actually quite jolly; just aggressively so!

                  "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me me, in pictures

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                  YOU WILL BE HAPPY RIGHT NOW!:mad: :-D :mad: :-D

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                    :) I'm sad that you think me ill tempered and prone to violence: I'm actually quite jolly; just aggressively so!

                    "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me me, in pictures

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                    Quote:

                    I'm sad that you think me ill tempered and prone to violence: I'm actually quite jolly; just aggressively so!

                    Let's see. "quite jolly" relates to "ill tempered." Don't think no one notices you did not correct the "prone to violence" claim. Stay off the 405! ;P

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                      On the subject of having courage in the face of danger, I always found this quotation from the great writer Frank Herbert to be of great value: I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little death that brings total oblivion. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me and turn my inner eye to follow its path. When the fear is gone, only I will remain. --The Litany Against Fear (Frank Herbert, -Dune-, 1965) Any other suggestions from our great collection of coders?

                      Cornelius Henning Failure is not an option - It is a rare privilege reserved for the few among us who have the guts to try. And: Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm. -- Publilius Syrus

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                      I generally just ignore it. Unlike problems in the physical realm, it does actually disappear if you ignore it long enough. :-D

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                        On the subject of having courage in the face of danger, I always found this quotation from the great writer Frank Herbert to be of great value: I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little death that brings total oblivion. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me and turn my inner eye to follow its path. When the fear is gone, only I will remain. --The Litany Against Fear (Frank Herbert, -Dune-, 1965) Any other suggestions from our great collection of coders?

                        Cornelius Henning Failure is not an option - It is a rare privilege reserved for the few among us who have the guts to try. And: Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm. -- Publilius Syrus

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                        My wife and I faced our greatest fear. We came through it as changed people. Funnily enough, we no longer fear things.

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                          On the subject of having courage in the face of danger, I always found this quotation from the great writer Frank Herbert to be of great value: I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little death that brings total oblivion. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me and turn my inner eye to follow its path. When the fear is gone, only I will remain. --The Litany Against Fear (Frank Herbert, -Dune-, 1965) Any other suggestions from our great collection of coders?

                          Cornelius Henning Failure is not an option - It is a rare privilege reserved for the few among us who have the guts to try. And: Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm. -- Publilius Syrus

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                          I find that running around screaming like a little girl helps me but of course that doesn't work for everyone. :)

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                            On the subject of having courage in the face of danger, I always found this quotation from the great writer Frank Herbert to be of great value: I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little death that brings total oblivion. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me and turn my inner eye to follow its path. When the fear is gone, only I will remain. --The Litany Against Fear (Frank Herbert, -Dune-, 1965) Any other suggestions from our great collection of coders?

                            Cornelius Henning Failure is not an option - It is a rare privilege reserved for the few among us who have the guts to try. And: Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm. -- Publilius Syrus

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                            Shoot 'em all and let God sort 'em out.

                            Will Rogers never met me.

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                              I find that running around screaming like a little girl helps me but of course that doesn't work for everyone. :)

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                              When in danger, Fear and doubt, Run in circles, Scream and shout! -R. A. Heinlein (Attr: Lorelei and Lapis Lazuli Long, Time Enough For Love)

                              Will Rogers never met me.

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                                On the subject of having courage in the face of danger, I always found this quotation from the great writer Frank Herbert to be of great value: I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little death that brings total oblivion. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me and turn my inner eye to follow its path. When the fear is gone, only I will remain. --The Litany Against Fear (Frank Herbert, -Dune-, 1965) Any other suggestions from our great collection of coders?

                                Cornelius Henning Failure is not an option - It is a rare privilege reserved for the few among us who have the guts to try. And: Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm. -- Publilius Syrus

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                                I fear spiders. Yes, I know it's stupid. Obvious Suggestion: remove the object of your fear. Not always applicable, obviously.

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                                  I'd disagree with you, but you seem aggressive and ill tempered. Fearing the consequences, I now choose to remain silent.

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                                  Remember: Silence is the wisdom of fools! - Source unknown :-D

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                                    On the subject of having courage in the face of danger, I always found this quotation from the great writer Frank Herbert to be of great value: I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little death that brings total oblivion. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me and turn my inner eye to follow its path. When the fear is gone, only I will remain. --The Litany Against Fear (Frank Herbert, -Dune-, 1965) Any other suggestions from our great collection of coders?

                                    Cornelius Henning Failure is not an option - It is a rare privilege reserved for the few among us who have the guts to try. And: Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm. -- Publilius Syrus

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                                    Cornelius Henning wrote:

                                    other suggestions

                                    I was really afraid you was going to ask that.

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                                      Shoot 'em all and let God sort 'em out.

                                      Will Rogers never met me.

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                                      Loosely paraphrased from the original quotation?: Kill them all, God will recognize his own. --Amalric Arnaud, during the seige of Be'ziers (1209 AD), addressing soldiers who asked him how to tell the difference between the heretics and the orthodox Catholics.

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                                        On the subject of having courage in the face of danger, I always found this quotation from the great writer Frank Herbert to be of great value: I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little death that brings total oblivion. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me and turn my inner eye to follow its path. When the fear is gone, only I will remain. --The Litany Against Fear (Frank Herbert, -Dune-, 1965) Any other suggestions from our great collection of coders?

                                        Cornelius Henning Failure is not an option - It is a rare privilege reserved for the few among us who have the guts to try. And: Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm. -- Publilius Syrus

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                                        You know... if you are lucky you reach the w.c. and... :rolleyes:

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                                          On the subject of having courage in the face of danger, I always found this quotation from the great writer Frank Herbert to be of great value: I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little death that brings total oblivion. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me and turn my inner eye to follow its path. When the fear is gone, only I will remain. --The Litany Against Fear (Frank Herbert, -Dune-, 1965) Any other suggestions from our great collection of coders?

                                          Cornelius Henning Failure is not an option - It is a rare privilege reserved for the few among us who have the guts to try. And: Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm. -- Publilius Syrus

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                                          Septimus Hedgehog
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                                          How do I cope with fear? What's fear? ;)

                                          If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.

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