- Practice
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- Nov 07, 2020
Dangerous Quotes
On the risks people choose to name out loud.
This page collects quotes that call out different kinds of danger - deferring too readily to experts, the real-world push to price carbon pollution as climate policy, and the everyday risks of oversharing on social platforms. See also Dangerous Thing.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Funny
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- Nov 07, 2020
We moved to Baltimore, Maryland, in 1979, when I was five. The funny thing is that, even though Baltimore had one of the top murder rates in the country in those days, I grew up hearing about how dangerous New York was.
- Politicians
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- Nov 07, 2020
Advertising men and politicians are dangerous if they are separated. Together they are diabolical.
- Powerful
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- Nov 07, 2020
The selfie is a powerful tool, but it can also be dangerous, and I am fascinated with the process of it because there is a level of self-monitoring.
- Gun
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- Nov 07, 2020
The rhetoric on the Hill is getting very heated and it's getting quite dangerous. The gun is at the head of the American economy and Congress is holding it and its got a hair trigger. We've got to pay our bills.
- American
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- Nov 07, 2020
When it came to 'Concussion,' I found myself with so many threads to weave. So integral to the whistle-blower's tale were spirituality, the cost of hero-worshipping, what it means to be an American, and just how dangerous the truth can be.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most discussions of decision making assume that only senior executives make decisions or that only senior executives' decisions matter. This is a dangerous mistake.
- Next
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad was a very violent, frightening and dangerous guy. Next to him, I was this vague kind of kid who walked around, as I still do, gathering impressions.
- Pride
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- Nov 07, 2020
Inverted snobbery is just as dangerous as snobbery itself, you know - that pride in having nothing.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
The U.S. faces a very dangerous sprint by outlaws to gather the deadliest weapons and technology on the planet, something we always thought possible but hoped would never occur.
- May
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- Nov 07, 2020
Your empire is now like a tyranny: it may have been wrong to take it; it is certainly dangerous to let it go.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020