Dangerous Places Quotes - Page 2

• Washington's a dangerous place.

  Jack Abramoff

  Dangerous

  "Jack Abramoff: The lobbyist's playbook". "The Lobbyist's Playbook" with Lesley Stahl, www.cbsnews.com. May 30, 2012.

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• It is in the irony of things that the theatre should be the most dangerous place for the actor. But, then, after all, the world is the worst possible place, the most corrupting place, for the human soul. And just as there is no escape from the world, which follows us into the very heart of the desert, so the actor cannot escape the theatre. And the actor who is a dreamer need not. All of us can only strive to remain uncontaminated. In the world we must be unworldly, in the theatre the actor must be untheatrical.

  Minnie Maddern Fiske

  Heart, Soul, Dreamer

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• Each new generation builds on the work of the previous one, gaining new perspective. New verbs are introduced. We Google strange and dangerous places. We tweet mindlessly to the cosmos. We Facebook our own grandmothers. I, for one, don't want to be left behind.

  Daniel H. Wilson

  Grandmother, Perspective, Google

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• For while the threat of nuclear holocaust has been significantly reduced, the world remains a very unsettled and dangerous place.

  William Cohen

  Holocaust, Nuclear, World

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• I pray that no child of mine would ever descend into such a place as a library. They are indeed most dangerous places and unfortunate is she or he who is lured into such a hellhole of enjoyment, stimulus, facts, passion and fun.

  Willy Russell

  Children, Fun, Passion

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• People were stupid, sometimes. They thought the Library was a dangerous place because of all the magical books, which was true enough, but what made it really one of the most dangerous places there could ever be was the simple fact that it was a library.

  Terry Pratchett

  Stupid, Book, Simple

  "Guards! Guards!". Book by Terry Pratchett, 1989.

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• I'm terribly nostalgic, but I'm with the Elizabethans who thought nostalgia was a disease. It's a dangerous place to be because you can get caught up in it.

  Mark Gatiss

  Disease, Nostalgia, Nostalgic

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• Battered women is a phrase that uncovered major, long-hidden violence. It helps us to face the fact that, statistically speaking, the most dangerous place for a woman is in her own home, not in the streets.

  Gloria Steinem

  Home, Long, Faces

  Gloria Steinem (1986). “Outrageous acts and everyday rebellions”, New Amer Library

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• Russia can be quite a dangerous place sometimes, but I never think about it.

  Marc Almond

  Thinking, Russia, Sometimes

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• Going to the theater or having the honor of performing in theater reminds you of your humanity in a very different way. It's a real release and an incredible challenge. But the stage is a dangerous place. You gotta be trained. Plus, crowds like when things go wrong. I think that's part of the thrill. Anything can happen.

  Nina Arianda

  Real, Thinking, Challenges

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• Once you have people around you who don't question you, you're in a dangerous place.

  Elton John

  People, Dangerous

  "Elton John Thinks Miley Cyrus Is Like A Candle In The Wind", www.huffingtonpost.com. September 16, 2013.

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• The most dangerous place is in your safety zone.

  Robin Sharma

  Success, Safety Zone, Dangerous

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• Oxford is the most dangerous place to which a young man can be sent.

  Anthony Trollope

  Men, Oxford, Literature

  Anthony Trollope (2015). “Castle Richmond”, p.123, Booklassic

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• The most dangerous place for an African-American in this country is in the womb.

  Rick Santorum

  Country, African American, Womb

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• What I love about the thriller form is that it makes you write a story. You can't get lost in your own genius, which is a dangerous place for writers. You don't want to ever get complacent. If a book starts going too well, I usually know there's a problem. I need to struggle. I need that self-doubt. I need to think it's not the best thing ever.

  Harlan Coben

  Struggle, Book, Writing

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• In modern Britain the most dangerous place to be is in your mother's womb. It should be a place of sanctity.

  Edward Leigh

  Mother, Pro Life, Modern

  "MPs back 24-week abortion limit", news.bbc.co.uk. May 20, 2008.

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• Perhaps there is no more dangerous place for a Christian to be than in safety and comfort, detached from the suffering of others.

  Shane Claiborne

  Christian, Suffering Of Others, Safety

  Shane Claiborne, Chris Haw (2009). “Jesus for President”, p.292, Harper Collins

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• You live in a dangerous place when you sacrifice integrity for security.

  Amy Grant

  Integrity, Sacrifice, Dangerous

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• Economists and workplace consultants regard it as almost unquestioned dogma that people are motivated by rewards, so they don't feel the need to test this. It has the status more of religious truth than scientific hypothesis. The facts are absolutely clear. There is no question that in virtually all circumstances in which people are doing things in order to get rewards, extrinsic tangible rewards undermine intrinsic motivation.The bonus myth: How paying for results can backfire The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.

  Albert Einstein

  Religious, Motivation, Knowledge

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• Special-interest magazines are dangerous places for writers to start out in because the writing quickly falls into a routine and people are likely to find themselves artistically exhausted when they want to work on something of their own

  Irwin Shaw

  Fall, Writing, People

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• I am proud that the Republican Party stands for strong support for the military, and I am sure we will consistently support our men and women serving in dangerous places around the world and their families.

  John Shimkus

  Strong Women, Military, Party

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• From the shore, the ocean is forever. It's a beautiful, dangerous place. Music is tied to the sea, born from the struggle, looking for hope. Because hope belongs in the dark places.

  Jon Foreman

  Beautiful, Ocean, Struggle

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• There are many people who live in what I call 'No-man's Land,' a place where you're not really happy, but you're not unhappy enough to do anything about it. That's a dangerous place. It's a place where people numb themselves to their dreams. It's where they dismiss hope and accept what's in front of them instead of driving toward what they really want in life.

  Tony Robbins

  Dream, Men, Land

  "Tony Robbins: Unleashing the Power". www.success.com. December 1, 2008.

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• Children do not have to learn that streets are dangerous places by potentially fatal trial and error.

  Keith Henson

  Children, Errors, Trial And Error

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• Solitude is the surest nurse of all prurient passions, and a girl in the hurry of preparation, or tumult of gaiety, has neither inclination nor leisure to let tender expressions soften or sink into her heart. The ball, the show, are not the dangerous places: no, 'tis the private friend, the kind consoler, the companion of the easy vacant hour, whose compliance with her opinions can flatter her vanity, and whose conversation can sooth, without ever stretching her mind, that is the lover to be feared: he who buzzes in her ear at court, or at the opera, must be contented to buzz in vain.

  Samuel Johnson

  Girl, Passion, Heart

  James Boswell, Samuel Johnson (1859). “The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides”, p.256

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