One of the fears of having too much work is not having time to observe. And once you get recognised, there is nowhere for you to look any more. You can't sit on a night bus and watch it all happen.

Benedict Cumberbatch
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The fear of being recognised by the world is a difficult one to overcome. Most people have a few fears, but almost everybody has some degree of anxiety about being noticed by the world. The fear is so great that even if you know you have done nothing wrong, you will still feel nervous simply because someone might recognise you. In this quote, the speaker is telling her followers that she must keep her face hidden from the world in order to be able to observe things more freely.

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