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• Words are dangerous things.

  Corra May Harris

  Dangerous

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• [A] theory is a very dangerous thing to have.

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb

  Theory, Dangerous

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2012). “Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder”, p.116, Random House

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• The next most dangerous thing [after nuclear proliferation] is probably... global warming, and then, right behind that are overpopulation -- we need to get serious about family planning-and trying to alleviate poverty, to get clean, renewable energy, probably with solar panels to the billion and a half people in the world who don't have access to electricity.

  Ted Turner

  People, Trying, Serious

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• The most dangerous thing is a bored teenager. They have the stigma of being Indigenous, Aboriginal, and all the trappings that come with it. The connection does come a lot more from those kids, desert or not. They're stepping out into the world.

  Warwick Thornton

  Teenager, Kids, Bored

  Source: aboriginalartandculture.wordpress.com

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• Religion is a very dangerous thing. By that I mean being so caught up in rules and regulations and not focusing on the thing that matters most- a personal relationship with God.

  Joyce Meyer

  Mean, Regulation, Matter

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• The most dangerous thing you can do is know who you are.

  Ray Bradbury

  Dangerous, Knows, Can Do

  Ray Bradbury, Steven L. Aggelis (2004). “Conversations with Ray Bradbury”, p.124, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• An audience is the most dangerous thing in the world, because they paid, and they're looking at you. And they paid! And there's a lot of them! And they cast a cold eye, because they paid. To be on the stage, you have to be very secure.

  Christopher Walken

  Eye, World, Cold

  Source: www.donshewey.com

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• Love is the most dangerous thing in the world.

  Jennifer Beals

  Love Is, World, Danger

  PlanetOut Inc. Interview, 2004.

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• Assumptions are dangerous things. I like facts a lot better.

  David Baldacci

  Facts, Assumption, Dangerous

  David Baldacci (2011). “The Winner”, p.240, Pan Macmillan

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• There's no such thing as a good gun. There's no such thing as a bad gun. A gun in the hands of a bad man is a very dangerous thing. A gun in the hands of a good person is no danger to anyone except the bad guys.

  Charlton Heston

  Gun, Men, Hands

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• The armored cars of dreams, contrived to let us do so many a dangerous thing.

  Elizabeth Bishop

  Dream, Car, Dangerous

  Elizabeth Bishop (2015). “Poems”, p.31, Macmillan

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• Precedents are dangerous things; let the reins of government then be braced and held with a steady hand, and every violation of the Constitution be reprehended: If defective let it be amended, but not suffered to be trampled upon whilst it has an existence.

  George Washington

  Government, Hands, Constitution

  George Washington (1852). “The life of General Washington: first president of the United States”, p.142

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• Dangerous thing, a name. Someone might catch hold of you by it, mightn't they?

  Richard Adams

  Names, Might, Dangerous

  Richard Adams (2015). “The Plague Dogs”, p.115, Oneworld Publications

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• The brain can be a dangerous thing. Even more so if you haven't got one.

  Dave Courtney

  Brain, Dangerous, Havens

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• I keep forgetting I'm speaking in an American accent sometimes. The dangerous thing is that you end up forgetting what your real accent is after a while! It's really strange; I've never done a job in an American accent before.

  Robert Pattinson

  Jobs, Real, Done

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• The most dangerous thing for an actor is to refuse to listen to anyone else, to feel you know more than anybody.

  Rock Hudson

  Actors, Dangerous, Feels

  Rock Hudson, Sara Davidson (1987). “Rock Hudson: his story”, Avon Books

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• Surgery is a complicated thing to talk about, but I guess it could also be a dangerous thing to play with if you're not very secure about what you're doing.

  Elena Anaya

  Play, Complicated, Dangerous

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• It's a dangerous thing to think we know everything.

  Jack Kuehler

  Knowledge, Thinking, Danger

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• Style is the answer to everything. A fresh way to approach a dull or dangerous thing. To do a dull thing with style is preferable to doing a dangerous thing without it. To do a dangerous thing with style is what I call art.

  Charles Bukowski

  Fashion, Art, Style

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• The saying that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing is, to my mind, a very dangerous adage. If knowledge is real and genuine, I do not believe that it is other than a very valuable posession, however infinitesimal its quantity may be. Indeed, if a little knowledge is dangerous, where is a man who has so much as to be out of danger?

  Thomas Huxley

  Real, Believe, Knowledge

  'Collected Essays' vol. 3 (1895) 'On Elementary Instruction in Physiology' (written 1877)

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• I have always suspected that too much knowledge is a dangerous thing. It is a boon to people who don't have deep feelings; their pleasure comes from what they know. . . . But this only emphasizes the difference between the artist and the scholar.

  Margaret Caroline Anderson

  Knowledge, Artist, Differences

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• What you accomplish in life is limited only by your imagination and the fear of reprisal. Life is too fleeting and unrewarding to have to live with the added anus of indignity. The denial of one's inevitable demise is what causes most of the astringent blandness in the world. When your existence ends most certainly in death, there is no such thing as 'going too far'. There are no 'lines' you should fear to cross except the finish line. Playing it safe is the most dangerous thing you could do.

  Jim Goad

  Imagination, Playing It Safe, Fleeting

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• The constant pressure to bring about conformity is a dangerous thing.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Pressure, Conformity, Dangerous

  Eleanor Roosevelt (1960). “You learn by living”, HarperCollins Publishers

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• Pride is a terrible and dangerous thing. It can take so many forms; it can even assume the appearance of humility. Pride can lead not only to self-exaltation, but also to self-abasement. The key to battling pride is not found in struggling against thinking too highly of ourselves or in striving to think of ourselves as lowly. The key is found in simply not thinking about ourselves at all, but setting our minds on Christ and the needs of others.

  Paul Washer

  Struggle, Humility, Pride

  Source: m.blogs.christianpost.com

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• You can be a giant among artists without ever attaining any great skill. Facility is a dangerous thing. When there is too much technical ease the brain stops criticizing. Don't let the hand fall into a smart way of putting the mind to sleep.

  John French Sloan

  Smart, Fall, Sleep

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