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“What astonishing changes a few years are capable of producing! I am told that even respectable characters speak of a monarchical form of government without horror. From thinking proceeds speaking, thence to acting is often but a single step. But how irrevocable and tremendous! What a triumph for the advocates of despotism to find that we are incapable of governing ourselves, and that systems founded on the basis of equal liberty are merely ideal and falacious! Would to God that wise measures may be taken in time to avert the consequences we have but too much reason to apprehend.”

“Every stage of my life set the scene for the next, and at each point all I had to do was say "yes" and not think too much about the consequences.”

Thinking Next Too Much Stage Scene Consequence

Author:Jane Goodall

“If you drink too much, you go out and you harm to somebody, you have to suffer the consequences. Same way with health matters. You don't have the right to demand that someone else take care of you because of your habits.”

Ifs Way Matter Care Suffering Too Much Habit Drink Demand Consequence Take Care Harm

Author:Ron Paul

“An indiscriminate distrust of human nature is the worst consequence of a miserable condition, whether brought about by innocence or guilt. And though want of suspicion more than want of sense, sometimes leads a man into harm; yet too much suspicion is as bad as too little sense.”

Men Want Humans Littles Sometimes Too Much Worst Conditions Human Nature Consequence Guilt Harm Miserable Innocence Suspicion Distrust

Book:Israel Potter: Works of Melville

Source: Israel Potter: Works of Melville

“Part of the blame can be put at the artists' door, too - no question. But I see our involvement more as a consequence. When there is too much money at stake, the whole system gets corrupted. Artists can be very vulnerable to these mechanisms.”

Whole Artist Too Much Doors Consequence Blame Vulnerable Stakes Mechanism Involvement

Author:Maurizio Cattelan

“[Hillary] Clinton is too much into regime change and a little bit too aggressive without knowing what the unintended consequences might be. Yes, we could get rid of Assad tomorrow, but that would create another political vacuum that would benefit ISIS.”

Littles Might Political Bits Knowing Too Much Tomorrow Benefits Little Bit Consequence Clinton Aggressive Regimes Isis Vacuums Assad Unintended Consequences Regime Change

Author:Bernie Sanders

“I've seen the consequences of what can happen when you're unprepared for a fight, or not as prepared as your opponent.I can't let anything like that happen to me, I've got too many goals, too much ambition in the sport. We're looking to fight for a world title this year.”

World Years I Can Happens Fighting Sports Goal Too Much Ambition Consequence Prepared Titles Opponents Unprepared

Author:Chris Eubank, Jr.

“I have always lived violently, drunk hugely, eaten too much or not at all, slept around the clock or missed two nights of sleeping, worked too hard and too long in glory, or slobbed for a time in utter laziness. I've lifted, pulled, chopped, climbed, made love with joy and taken my hangovers as a consequence, not as a punishment.”

Long Made Two Hard Joy Night Sleep Taken Too Much Glory Consequence Punishment Drunk Clock Laziness Hangover Travels With Charley

Author:John Steinbeck

“Do you see the consequences of the way we have chosen to think about success? Because we so profoundly personalize success, we miss opportunities to lift others onto the top rung...We are too much in awe of those who succeed and far too dismissive of those who fail. And most of all, we become much too passive. We overlook just how large a role we all play—and by “we” I mean society—in determining who makes it and who doesn’t.”

Thinking Way Mean Play Opportunity Roles Too Much Failing Missing Succeed Consequence Chosen Lifts Awe Passive About Success Outliers Missing Opportunity

Author:Malcolm Gladwell

“This was the consequence of seeing too much and understanding the horrible truth: No one is safe. The world is not manageable.”

World Understanding Too Much Seeing Safe Consequence Horrible Manageable

Author:David Sedaris

“This perversion of the truth, familiar to the artist though it was, always unnerved him afresh and proved too much for him. What was a consequence of the premature ending of his fast was here presented as the cause of it! To fight against this lack of understanding, against a whole world of nonunderstanding, was impossible.”

World Whole Artist Fighting Causes Understanding Too Much Impossible Consequence Whole World Familiar Premature Perversion Lack Of Understanding

Book:The Basic Kafka

Source: The Basic Kafka

“It is proper to take alarm at the first experiment on our liberties. We hold this prudent jealousy to be the first duty of citizens and one of the noblest characteristics of the late Revolution. The freemen of America did not wait till usurped power had strengthened itself by exercise and entangled the question in precedents. They saw all the consequences in the principle, and they avoided the consequences by denying the principle. We revere this lesson too much ... to forget it”

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