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"Stage fright" Quotes from Famous Books

... he was afraid—he thought that he was afraid of the big, trained fighter who faced him; but Cassidy knew that it was a plain case of stage fright that had gripped his man. He knew, too, that it would be enough to defeat Billy's every chance for victory, and after the big "white hope" had felled Billy twice in the first minute of the first round Cassidy knew that it was all over ...

— The Mucker • Edgar Rice Burroughs

... you are an actress when he hears that. Mum is the word, may you never have stage fright and never miss a cue—Here he ...

— The Voice on the Wire • Eustace Hale Ball

... the morning came De Pretis, and suggested that it would be better for Nino to take a walk and breathe the fresh air a little; so I bade him go, and I did not see him again until the afternoon. De Pretis said that the only cause for anxiety was from stage fright, and went away taking snuff and flourishing his immense cotton handkerchief. I thought a man must be a fool to work for years in order to sing, and then, when he had learned to do it quite well, to be afraid of showing what he knew. I did not ...

— A Roman Singer • F. Marion Crawford

Words linked to "Stage fright" : fright, fearfulness, fear