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• A neurotic can perfectly well be a literary genius, but his greatest danger is always that he will not recognize when he is dull.

  Louis Auchincloss

  Genius, Dull, Wells

  1965 Pioneers and Caretakers: A Study of Nine American Women Novelists.

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• I mean, in general, the danger is from Oriental faiths and Islam.

  Vladimir Zhirinovsky

  Mean, Islam

  "Vladimir Zhirinovsky on Religion in Russia". Interview with Hanuu Haukka. Translation by Alexei Salapatov, www.forerunner.com. May 1, 1996.

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• My daughter, there are times of moral danger when the hardest virtuous resolution to form is flight, and when the most heroic bravery is flight.

  Charles Dickens

  Daughter, Bravery, Words Of Wisdom

  Charles Dickens (1868). “Charles Dickens's works. Charles Dickens ed. [18 vols. of a 21 vol. set. Wanting A child's history of England; Christmas stories; The mystery of Edwin Drood].”, p.275

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• I have been further enlightened by the conversation and correspondence of some illustrious Italians, whom I would gladly name, were I not afraid of exposing them to danger.

  Edmond Francois Valentin About

  Talking, Names, Enlightened

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• So long as money can answer, it were wrong in any business to put the life in danger.

  Saadi

  Long, Answers

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• I have grown to believe that there is no dangerous idea, which does not become less dangerous when written out in sincere and careful English.

  William Butler Yeats

  Believe, Ideas, Doe

  William Butler Yeats (2001). “The Major Works”, p.443

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• There is nothing with which it is so dangerous to take liberties as liberty itself.

  Andre Breton

  Atheism, Liberty, Dangerous

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• A good picture, any picture, has to be bristling with razor blades.

  Pablo Picasso

  Razors, Blades

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• It is stupidity rather than courage to refuse to recognize danger when it is close upon you.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Courage, Stupid, Anticipation

  Sherlock Holmes in "The Adventure of the Final Problem" (1893).

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• Courage in danger is half the battle.

  Plautus

  Courage, Military, Battle

  "Pseudolus". Play by Plautus, Act I, scene 5, line 37, 191 B.C..

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• There is nothing more dangerous than a lazy parent.

  Wes Fesler

  Parenting, Lazy, Laziness

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• There is nothing more dangerous than a humiliated man.

  Nelson Mandela

  Men, Closed Minded, Humiliated

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• Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.

  Aesop

  Reality, Focus And Concentration, Shadow

  "Aesop's Fables".

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• As soon as there is life there is danger.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Life, Greatness, Danger In Life

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2005). “The Selected Lectures of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.301, University of Georgia Press

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• The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis.' One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger--but recognize the opportunity.

  John F. Kennedy

  Inspirational, Life, Writing

  Speech in Indianapolis, Indiana, April 12, 1959.

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  I may be compelled to face danger, but never fear it, and while our soldiers can stand and fight, I can stand and feed and nurse them.

  Clara Barton

  Military, War, Nursing

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• In this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Inspirational, Attitude, Fear

  George Bernard Shaw (1968). “Four Plays by Bernard Shaw”, Pocket Books

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• The secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life is to live dangerously.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Life, Happiness, Success

  'Die fröhliche Wissenschaft' (1882) bk. 4, sect. 283

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• The wise man in the storm prays God not for safety from danger but for deliverance from fear. It is the storm within which endangers him[,] not the storm without.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "The Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson".

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• There is often less danger in the things we fear than in the things we desire.

  John Churton Collins

  Success, Fear, Desire

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• I have so many opinions about everything it just comes out during my music. It's a battle for me. I try not to be preachy. That's a real danger.

  Neil Young

  Music, Real, Battle

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• In this situation I was constantly exposed to danger and death.

  Daniel Boone

  Cowboy, Situation, Exposed

  William Henry BOGART, Daniel BOONE (1856). “Daniel Boone, and the Hunters of Kentucky. (Seventh thousand.) [With plates.]”, p.75

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• There's a real danger in doing a sequel. There are some benefits, but that all hinges on how well you execute. Quite frankly, most sequels don't execute well

  Donnie Wahlberg

  Real, Benefits, Wells

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• I give the name violence to a boldness lying idle and enamored of danger.

  Jean Genet

  Lying, Names, Giving

  Jean Genet, Edmund White (1993). “The selected writings of Jean Genet”, Ecco Pr

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• Assuming that his talent can survive the increasing strain, there is one scarcely avoidable danger that lies ahead of the pupil on his road to mastery.

  Eugen Herrigel

  Lying, Mastery, Assuming

  Eugen Herrigel (1964). “Zen”

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