#react

To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction. ↗

— Isaac Newton

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There is hardly such a thing as a war in which it makes no difference who wins. Nearly always one side stands more of less for progress, the other side more or less for reaction. ↗

— George Orwell

#difference #hardly #less #makes #more

Why we cannot build a system like El Al to be proactive. Why do we have only to react? The shoe bomber - reaction? Take off your shoes. The Nigerian - the body scanner is a result of the Nigerian guy. ↗

— Isaac Yeffet

#body #bomber #build #cannot #guy

I do have to earn a living, so I'm conscious of probable reactions from readers, but the most important one is still the awareness that if I'm not enjoying a story, the reader won't either. ↗

— Thomas Perry

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Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be in the seasons, or in individuals, or in governments. ↗

— Plato

#change #direction #excess #generally #governments

The excessive increase of anything causes a reaction in the opposite direction. ↗

— Plato

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You could have another downgrade. You could certainly have a stock market reaction that would be negative. And, I think nobody who looks at it objectively would want to happen. ↗

— Rob Portman

#certainly #could #downgrade #happen #i

The American public is not aware that there might be potential allergenic and toxic reactions. With regular food, at least people know which foods they have an allergy to. ↗

— Jeremy Rifkin

#american #american public #aware #food #foods

Action, reaction, motivation, emotion, all have to come from the characters. Writing a love scene requires the same elements from the writer as any other. ↗

— Nora Roberts

#any #characters #come #elements #emotion

The point of departure of the process to which we wish to contribute is the fact that war is the natural reaction of human nature in the savage state, while peace is the result of acquired characteristics. ↗

— Elihu Root

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