Courage emboldens you to confront that fear and do what is necessary.

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Her poster, " Less Fear, More Kindness, " aims to confront the culture of fear she saw in Colombia and sees today in cities around America.

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Polygamy is illegal in the US, but the authorities have reportedly been reluctant to confront the FLDS for fear of sparking a tragedy similar to the 1993 siege of the Branch Davidian sect in Waco, Texas, which led to the deaths of around 80 members.

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These are unpleasant facts, but we cannot improve what we fear and refuse to confront.

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Rather, we must come together as a nation and recognize that we do not live in a post-racial era, and that, while difficult, we must confront these issues head on with clarity and without fear.

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If that suggests a tremulous fear of life outside, his attempts to confront and conquer it, however localized, smack of a dorky daydream.

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Even in fear based environments swift decision making and taking action to confront situations does mean you are leading courageously.

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Surrendering eliminates the fear factor that spa newbies (and many men) confront when they look for something beyond basic Swedish massage.

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Across the European Union and in states that wish to join the a fiscal vise is at work--fear of tax cuts that might cause budgets to miss their targets and failure to confront expenditure norms.

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