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One might call habit a moral friction: something that prevents the mind from gliding over things but connects it with them and makes it hard for it to free itself from them. ↗

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

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Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

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Most people do not actually know how to think for themselves, and unfortunately that prevents them from even knowing it. ↗

— Bryant H. McGill

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Do not be desirous of having things done quickly. Do not look at small advantages. Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly. Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished. ↗

— Wilson Mizner

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A nobler example, because a less personal one, of the pinch of poverty, is when it prevents the accomplishment of some cherished scheme for the benefit of the human race. ↗

— James Payn

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Habit is a second nature which prevents us from knowing the first, of which it has neither the cruelties nor the enchantments. ↗

— Marcel Proust

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A fat stomach sticks out too far. It prevents you from looking down and seeing what is going on around you. ↗

— Norman Reilly Raine

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Back in 1983, the United States government approved the release of the first genetically modified organism. In this case, it was a bacteria that prevents frost on food crops. ↗

— Jeremy Rifkin

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Because I have a girlfriend, I try and take the straight and narrow path, which is good because it prevents VD. ↗

— Joe Rogan

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A controlled carbohydrate lifestyle really prevents risk factors for heart disease. ↗

— Robert Atkins

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