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Every time you take a step and walk with your fear, you'll never know the impact. But you can be certain somebody's watching, and that courage is contagious.

Frances Moore Lappé

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Frances Moore Lappé
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: February 10
Author
Writer
Pendleton
Oregon
Frances Moore Lappe
Fear
Impact
Certain
Watching
Take
Step
Every
Walk
Never
Courage
Time
Steps
Walks
Somebody
Contagious

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What gave her [Diane Wilson] the courage? If you look at someone like Diane, it's easy to say, well I could never be like that. But we don't know. We do know that it's possible for a woman, who didn't grow up as a world changer, to find it in herself to take a stand.
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Fear doesn't necessarily mean that we have to stop. It doesn't mean that we are failures. It doesn't mean that we are cowards.
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We can all reprogram our brain's responses by putting ourselves into new, initially uncomfortable situations. We'll learn fear might not mean 'stop' I've come to believe fear usually means 'go.
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Even the fear of death is nothing compared to the fear of not having lived authentically and fully.
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Because we are living in a culture increasingly dominated by fear where many feel blocked.
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We can't see ahead of time what actions are going to be the ones that move history in dramatic ways.
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