#consequences

I've written some great things. That's a gift, but there's consequences. Yeah, you get this great work, but you suffer. You really, really suffer. ↗

— Frank Ocean

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There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

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The universe is asymmetric and I am persuaded that life, as it is known to us, is a direct result of the asymmetry of the universe or of its indirect consequences. The universe is asymmetric. ↗

— Louis Pasteur

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There are consequences if you act militarily, and there's big consequences if you don't act. ↗

— Dennis Ross

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The law of unintended consequences pushes us ceaselessly through the years, permitting no pause for perspective. ↗

— Richard Schickel

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Most breast cancer-related deaths can be prevented through simple and painless preventive measures. A late diagnosis can result in more serious, long-term consequences. ↗

— Olympia Snowe

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So, for example, if a child is labeled as having a learning disability, it has very concrete consequences for the kinds of services and potentially accommodations that child will get. ↗

— Robert Sternberg

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Sooner or later everyone sits down to a banquet of consequences. ↗

— Robert Louis Stevenson

#consequences #down #everyone #later #sits

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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It is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities. ↗

— Josiah Stamp

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