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Quote by Annie Lennox
There’s all these self-doubts, all these fears, like a wave of them, and that’s usually been the thing that’s stopped me.
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The speaker describes self-doubt and fear as arriving in a powerful, overwhelming rush, like a wave. Those feelings have usually held the speaker back from moving forward or taking action. The quote presents fear not as a single hesitation, but as a repeated force that can stop someone in its path.
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