Harm Quotes - Page 35

• Appropriate action means to advance your own goals, without unintentional harm to anyone else.

  Steven Brust

  Mean, Goal, Action

  Steven Brust (2014). “The Book of Dragon: Dragon and Issola”, p.336, Macmillan

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• That man is out of reach of harm in this life, who is sure of possessing heaven in the next. This is the portion of every believer.

  Samuel Willard

  Men, Heaven, Next

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• What's the harm of a little mystification? It sure beats boring statistical analyses.

  Carl Sagan

  Analysis, Littles, Boring

  Carl Sagan (2011). “Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark”, p.476, Ballantine Books

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• I've got so much I want to do, and not a lot of time to do it in. People say to me, "You really shouldn't do so many records", because it actually harms your career.

  Marc Almond

  Careers, People, Records

  Source: thequietus.com

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• Talking is always a good idea. There's no harm in keeping lines of communication open.

  Brian Reynolds Myers

  Communication, Talking, Ideas

  "North Korea’s Latest Alarming Nuclear Test Is Part of Its Apocalyptic “Final Victory” Strategy" by Isaac Chotiner, www.slate.com. January 6, 2016.

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• I think I'm still just as conflicted about the war as I always was. On the one hand, I was a soldier carrying out his duty, following his allegiance to his country and to the mission at hand. But yet, there was always this unease plaguing me. "What are we doing here?" "Are we really fixing this country or are we doing more harm than good?" And the most pressing question: "How do we pull ourselves out of this quicksand?" I think I'm still there in that white space you mentioned, trying to get clarity for myself on what this war did to us as a nation.

  Dave Abrams

  Country, War, Thinking

  Source: therumpus.net

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• We will not commit suicide because of pressure from the international community. A Palestinian state is not possible at the moment. I would rather fight and try to explain the situation in the Middle East to the world than to agree to steps that harm my country to satisfy the international community.

  Ayelet Shaked

  Country, Suicide, Fighting

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• We have no other choice but to go on managing the conflict. We propose a stability plan: We want to strengthen the Palestinian Authority economically and establish mutual industrial zones and help them to develop independent energy capabilities, enabling the Palestinians to live their lives independently and have a future. This is where the European States should invest, not in NGOs that harm Israel.

  Ayelet Shaked

  Independent, Israel, Choices

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• It has been a period where people have been far nicer to one another in every possible way. I'm not saying it's because we're dropping our empathy that we're nicer to each other, just that the drop doesn't seem to be causing any harm.

  Paul Bloom

  People, Empathy, Way

  "Paul Bloom: The Trouble With Empathy". Interview with Allyson Kirkpatrick, www.guernicamag.com. February 1, 2016.

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• When you have children, it's like having your heart beating outside your chest. You can drive yourself crazy wanting to protect them and make sure that nothing harms them. It's a feeling of vulnerability that you can't get around sometimes.

  Kevin Griffin

  Children, Crazy, Heart

  "Interview with Kevin Griffin of Better Than Ezra". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• There's politics. When you talk about Asia - no one really wants to approach that full-force because it's very thin ice. No one wants to harm the relations with Asia, where most of those products are going to and being exported to. Many of the local institutions and politicians and veterinarians are involved in illegal trade. To crack that down, it's a big crime and big names to reveal.

  Veronika Varekova

  Names, Ice, Want

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• I always felt that with luxury came cruelty. I do my best to live a happy, prosperous life, but I don't indulge in a lot of luxury. My husband and I are very mindful of what we eat and what we wear. I don't visit places that exploit animals or buy things that are derived from cruelty. I'm sure I'm not perfect, but I make a conscious effort to do no harm and always support people, places, or things that are on the up-and-up.

  Alison Eastwood

  Husband, Animal, Indulge In

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• European and American companies companies do create jobs for some people but what they're mainly going to do is make an already wealthy elite wealthier, and increase its greed and strong desire to hang on to power. So immediately and in the long run, these companies - harm the democratic process a great deal.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Running, Strong, Jobs

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• I think I was shown Pulp Fiction and Goodfellas at seven or eight. That's really bad. I think I've turned out all right; it didn't harm me too much.

  Ed Speleers

  Thinking, Eight, Fiction

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• But we have gone so far in the direction of over treating terminal patients that we've failed to recognize when we're doing more harm than good.

  Sheri Fink

  Gone, Patient, Terminal

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• Patanjali said that when you are steadfast in your abstention of thoughts of harm directed toward yourself and others, all living creatures will cease to feel fear in your presence. Steadfast means you never slip. I think my mission is to support people in being steadfast in not having thoughts of harm - thoughts of judgment, worry, or hatred - directed toward themselves or others.

  Wayne Dyer

  Mean, Thinking, Worry

  "Wayne Dyer Interview: On God and goodness, inspiration and presence". Interview with Ray Hemachandra, rayhemachandra.com. September 5, 2015.

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• Speaking as a New Yorker, I found it (9/11 event] a shocking and terrifying event, particularly the scale of it. At bottom, it was an implacable desire to do harm to innocent people.

  Edward Said

  People, Desire, Events

  Source: www.progressive.org

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• There is also this great sense of triumphalism, that just as we defeated the Soviet Union, we can do this. And out of this sense of desperation and pathological religion, there develops an all-encompassing drive to harm and hurt, without regard for the innocent and the uninvolved, which was the case in New York.

  Edward Said

  Hurt, New York, Unions

  Source: www.progressive.org

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• It was interesting that feminists of my generation told me: You are discouraging younger women; you are confirming stereotypes of women; you are opening a door, initiating a debate, that will harm our movement. And my point was: We are already having this debate, especially in the younger generation.

  Anne-Marie Slaughter

  Doors, Interesting, Feminist

  "Anne-Marie Slaughter – ‘This Country Is Ready for a Woman in the White House’". Interview with Britta Sandberg and Samiha Shafy, www.yerepouni-news.com. March 3, 2016.

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• You learn to present dark things without including their ability to harm, treasuring them for what they are.

  John Darnielle

  Dark, Ability, Including

  "The Mountain Goats". Interview with Larry Fitzmaurice, pitchfork.com. October 1, 2012.

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• I can't help but note that God is being useful to a lot of people trying to do harm to one another.

  Barbara Brown Taylor

  People, Trying, Helping

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• There is so much more knowledge than most people realize about how to maximize the benefits of play and minimize the potential harms.

  Jane McGonigal

  Play, People, Benefits

  Source: www.usatoday.com

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• I think it's much better to have your eyes open, but on the other hand, of course it can do harm if you tell people look, there's all these terrible things you can do and then some idiot may go ahead and do it.

  Freeman Dyson

  Eye, Thinking, Hands

  Interview with Austin Allen, bigthink.com. March 5, 2010.

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• What would be wrong with letting a kid go pro, and if it doesn't work out he can come back to college? What's the harm in that? The reason is the word "amateurism." The NCAA has to protect colleges' tax exemption.

  Sonny Vaccaro

  Kids, College, Ncaa

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• Never vote for the best candidate, vote for the one who will do the least harm.

  Frank Dane

  Funny, Sarcastic, Sarcasm

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