#danger

The principal act of courage is to endure and withstand dangers doggedly rather than to attack them. ↗

— Thomas Aquinas

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Our enemies are Medes and Persians, men who for centuries have lived soft and luxurious lives; we of Macedon for generations past have been trained in the hard school of danger and war. Above all, we are free men, and they are slaves. ↗

— Arrian

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One researcher just determined that African and Indian elephants make each other sick. When a new animal or plant is introduced to a habitat bad things happen. The biggest danger to native wildlife is foreign wildlife. ↗

— Robert T. Bakker

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The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose. ↗

— James A. Baldwin

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When you're young, you're always wondering when you're actually going to feel like a grownup. And I think you probably fear it, in a sense, too. There's a danger to feeling like an adult... like this whimsical kid in you is going to die or something. And then all of a sudden, one day you kind of feel like an adult and it's really nice. ↗

— Drew Barrymore

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I may be compelled to face danger, but never fear it, and while our soldiers can stand and fight, I can stand and feed and nurse them. ↗

— Clara Barton

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The armored cars of dreams, contrived to let us do so many a dangerous thing. ↗

— Elizabeth Bishop

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Writers in repressive societies are considered dangerous. That's why so many of them are in jail. ↗

— Don DeLillo

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I was never a dangerous woman. I'm not the prissy blonde woman that could take your husband away. ↗

— Catherine Deneuve

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In retrospect, the Millennium marked only a moment in time. It was the events of September 11 that marked a turning point in history, where we confront the dangers of the future and assess the choices facing humankind. ↗

— Tony Blair

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