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Men in authority will always think that criticism of their policies is dangerous. They will always equate their policies with patriotism, and find criticism subversive. ↗

— Henry Steele Commager

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Power is dangerous unless you have humility. ↗

— Richard J. Daley

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Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred. ↗

— Jean de La Fontaine

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Life is intrinsically, well, boring and dangerous at the same time. At any given moment the floor may open up. Of course, it almost never does; that's what makes it so boring. ↗

— Edward Gorey

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We get more dangerous as we accumulate knowledge, and that's both a sadness and something to control, try to learn to live with, make terms with. ↗

— Lou Harrison

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In these dangerous times, where it seems the world is ripping apart at the seams, we can all learn how to survive from those who stare death squarely in the face every day, and we should reach out to each other and bond as a community, rather than hide from the terrors of life at the end of the millennium. ↗

— Jonathan Larson

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Useful as a war against France, undertaken by the Government against the will of the people would be for our revolutionary development, just so dangerous must be the effect upon our democratic development of a war supported by blind popular enthusiasm. ↗

— Ferdinand Lassalle

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I think talent is dangerous to have if you take it for granted. If you use it well and put hard work with it together, it's hard to catch that guy. And I think that's what you're seeing right now. ↗

— Ivan Lendl

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Wise people say nothing in dangerous times. ↗

— John Selden

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I'm not attracted to dangerous men. I'm attracted, apparently, to height. One ex was 6'6; the one before was 6'4, then 6'3. I like freakishly tall people. ↗

— Rose McGowan

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