We fear what we do not understand.

我们对自己不了解的东西总是很恐惧。

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How many times do we deny its expression for others because we fear what our own expressions will bring?

有多少次由于害怕被拒绝，我们未能向他人表达爱意？

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Sometimes we are not satisfied with what our friend do, but we will not point it out for fear that we might lose that friend.

有时我们对朋友的所作所为并不满意，但我们不会指出来，因为我们害怕失去那个朋友。

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

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He makes a grand and scary tour of inquisitional moments, and we are then asked to compare our own readiness to torture when what we fear threatens us.

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Khosla continued to point out that if we respond to risk and fear by changing what we do to reduce risk, we will often end up creating an even worse situation for ourselves.

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