I think we have lost our groove as a country. One of the reasons was the attack on 9/11. We got knocked off our game. From a country that always exported hope we went into the business of exporting fear. Topic: Fear, Author: Thomas Friedman Share Article: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Pinterest Share on Telegram Share on Whatsapp Copy Link
Previous Article A writer of fiction lives in fear. Each new day demands new ideas and he can never be sure whether he is going to come up with them or not.
1 What they smell isn't the emotion of fear. What dogs can smell is the changes in a person's skin that suggest fear to the dog anxiety the way your skin sweats the amount of uric acid that suddenly pours out of your pores.
2 I remember being onstage once when I didn't have fear: I got so scared I didn't have fear that it brought on an anxiety attack.
3 My optimism is not based primarily on the successful march of democracy in recent times but rather is based on the experience of having lived in a fear society and studied the mechanics of tyranny that sustain such a society.