- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Dangerous Thing Quotes
Calling something a dangerous thing gives these quotes a shared, blunt honesty. One warns about moving water underground, another reworks an old caution about incomplete knowledge, a director names filmmaking itself as the riskiest part of a career, and a further voice hesitates even to discuss certain ethical grey areas.
Dangerous thing quotes name risk plainly, whether physical, intellectual, or creative. For a related theme, see Dangerous quotes.
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- Mistakes
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- Nov 07, 2020
He was what I often think is a dangerous thing for a statesman to be - a student of history; and like most of those who study history, he learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.
- Moving
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- Nov 07, 2020
Generally speaking, moving water is the most dangerous thing you can encounter underground.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
A little learning is not a dangerous thing to one who does not mistake it for a great deal.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
The biggest edge I live on is directing. That's the most scary, dangerous thing you can do in your life.
- Dangerous
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- Nov 07, 2020
The most dangerous thing Iraq could have ever had was a nuclear weapon. The nuclear weapon Iraq was trying to build was not deliverable by bomb or ballistic missile. It was a large, bulky device that they hoped to bury and set off to let the world know they had a nuclear weapon. They never achieved that.
- Dangerous
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- Nov 07, 2020
The informed, unmanaged question. That's the most dangerous thing at a press conference anywhere.
- Ethics
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- Nov 07, 2020
Is there Gawker ethics? I mean, I guess there's Gawker ethics. It's a dangerous thing to talk about.
- Declaring
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would really want all my films to make money. But this weekend calculation is the most dangerous thing because, based on the amount collected in the first weekend, they start declaring the film a hit or a flop. It can't be.
- Dangerous
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you've driven your kids to the store, and you leave them for five minutes, by far the most dangerous thing you've done is just put your kid in the car and driven them to the store.
- Independence
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- Nov 07, 2020
The most dangerous thing in the world is the sin of self-reliance and the stupor of worldliness.
- Path
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- Nov 07, 2020