#consequence

AIDS obliges people to think of sex as having, possibly, the direst consequences: suicide. Or murder. ↗

— Susan Sontag

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But HBO is less interested in how many people are watching than in how much the people who are watching are liking the show. They didn't set up their business model to make writers happy. It's just a nice unintended consequence. ↗

— Aaron Sorkin

#business model #consequence #happy #hbo #how

The criminalization of marijuana did not prevent marijuana from becoming the most widely used illegal substance in the United States and many other countries. But it did result in extensive costs and negative consequences. ↗

— George Soros

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I strive never to forget the real world consequences of my decisions on individuals, businesses and government. ↗

— Sonia Sotomayor

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I started at a very early age in this business and I'm sure most of you have read stories about people who have started as children and ended up in very difficult lives and bad consequences. ↗

— Dean Stockwell

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I've been to war, and it's not easy to kill. It's bloody and messy and totally horrifying, and the consequences are serious. ↗

— Oliver Stone

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This is technology that will not go away. And to risk it moving into the hands of a terrorist group like al Qaeda or to other focused enemies of the United States, would have tragic consequences. ↗

— John Sununu

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Wisdom, prudence, forethought, these are essential. But not second to these that noble courage which adventures the right, and leaves the consequences to God. ↗

— Robert Dale Owen

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The immortality of the soul is a matter which is of so great consequence to us and which touches us so profoundly that we must have lost all feeling to be indifferent about it. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

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If you build the guts to do something, anything, then you better save enough to face the consequences. ↗

— Criss Jami

#bravery #commitment #consequences #courage #courageous