"I am not afraid of dying so much as I am afraid of failing my men and failing my leadership, " he said.

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Because, I am afraid, the price of action is too high.

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"The government of the day decided it wanted to make a profit and I am afraid you can't make a profit out of humans, " he said.

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"I am an old man who is afraid of no one, " Anselmo told him.

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It may be the first act of remorse, as your counsel says, but, because it comes so late, I am afraid it will earn you only the most modest of credit.

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Therefore, I am headed slowly toward the date of June sixteenth and I'm not afraid.

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While the country needs and deserves government action to revive the economy, I am afraid the final bill fell far short of the goal.

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But I am afraid that would be to perpetuate the kind of lazy sentimentalism that has seen so much taxpayer's money wasted over the last decade.

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One of the benefits of having lived a life with plenty of failure, both personal and professional, is that I am not afraid to take risk.

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