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• If the term discussion has always seemed to me to imply mild warnings of wasted time, workshop sets off a clangorous alarm.

  Paul Fussell

  Time, Alarms, Term

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• Cruise passengers can be blinded to the very real perils of the sea by ship operators unwilling to interrupt the party for security warnings. And after an incident occurs, a thorough investigation can be profoundly difficult when the crime scene literally floats away, on schedule, to its next port of call.

  Chris Shays

  Real, Party, Sea

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• The follies, vices, and consequent miseries of multitudes, displayed in a newspaper, are so many admonitions and warnings, so many beacons, continually burning, to turn others from the rocks on which they have been shipwrecked.

  Thomas Hartwell Horne

  Rocks, Vices, Burning

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• The thing that all of us should strive for is to so live, keeping the commandments of the Lord, that He can answer our prayers. If we will live worthy, then the Lord will guide us - by a personal appearance, or by His actual voice, or by His voice coming into our mind, or by impressions upon our heart and our soul. And oh, how grateful we ought to be if the Lord sends us a dream in which is revealed to us the beauties of the eternity or a warning and direction for our special comfort. Yes, if we so live, the Lord will guide us for our salvation and for our benefit.

  Harold B. Lee

  Dream, Prayer, Grateful

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• I know The past and thence I will essay to glean A warning for the future, so that man May profit by his errors, and derive Experience from his folly; For, when the power of imparting joy Is equal to the will, the human soul Requires no other heaven.

  Percy Bysshe Shelley

  Past, Men, Errors

  Percy Bysshe Shelley (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley (Illustrated)”, p.98, Delphi Classics

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• I was very surprised when last I bought a packet of cigarettes and had to request a refund as I read a warning that told me 'smoking can cause fatal lung cancer'.

  Robert Clark

  Cancer, Smoking, Lasts

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• This warning from the New York City Department of Health Fraud: Be suspicious of any doctor who tries to take your temperature with his finger.

  David Letterman

  New York, Doctors, Cities

  David Letterman, Andy Breckman (1985). “Late night with David Letterman: the book”, Random House Inc

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• Indeed, one of the most frightening consequences of the Holocaust may well be that rather than serving as a warning to preserve humanity at all cost, it has provided a license to privilege physical survival over moral existence.

  Omer Bartov

  Holocaust, Humanity, Survival

  Omer Bartov (2000). “Mirrors of Destruction: War, Genocide, and Modern Identity”, p.176, Oxford University Press

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• The Creed of the Assassin Brotherhood teaches us that nothing is forbidden to us. Once, I thought that meant we were free to do as we would. To pursue our ideals, no matter the cost. I understand now. Not a grant of permission. The Creed is a warning.

  Arno Hintjens

  Brotherhood, Cost, Assassins

  "Assassin's Creed: Unity". Video Game, www.imdb.com. 2014.

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• If I wanted to be free, truly free, I had to choose. There were many points on the compass rose; I had to locate the few that were meant for me. Not any destination picked at random; I had to head for those that summoned me with a passion, for they were the ones that gave meaning to my life. I had to ignore the warnings of those who would tell me why I couldn't do what I wanted to do.

  Richard Bode

  Passion, Rose, Compass

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• The eloquent voice of our century uttered, shortly before leaving the world, a warning cry against the "Anglo- Saxon contagion.

  Matthew Arnold

  Voice, Leaving, World

  Matthew Arnold (1964). “Matthew Arnold's essays in criticism: first and second series”

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• WARNING: This is assuming your spouse's name is Margaret.

  Dave Barry

  Humorous, Names, Assuming

  Dave Barry (1994). “The World According to Dave Barry”, Outlet

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• You've just got to follow your own path. You have to trust your heart and you have to listen to the warnings. ... You can't argue with the universe. It's not about that. It's more about relaxing and knowing that you can handle it and feeling empowered. Knowing you have the power to do whatever the hell you want to do. That's what it's about. It really is.

  Chaka Khan

  Heart, Knowing, Feelings

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• Pride of the dewy morning, The swain's experienced eye From thee takes timely warning. Nor trusts the gorgeous sky.

  John Keble

  Morning, Eye, Pride

  John Keble (1874). “The Christian Year: Thoughts in Verse for the Sundays and Holydays Throughout the Year”, p.189

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• I'm not really sure what I'd like to see people doing more of online, but what I'd like to see less of is the warning signs that not ratifying net neutrality is gonna cause two separate nets: one that the big dogs can afford to be on and the other a ghetto internet that no one goes on. Think FM vs AM radio, or cable vs broadcast TV.

  Drew Curtis

  Dog, Ghetto, Thinking

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• I'm hoping that "Nothin' On You", "Billionaire" and "Just The Way You Are" - songs that I produced... I hope that it's a warning for people. I hope it lets them know that I'm a little unorthodox when it comes to genres and styles.

  Bruno Mars

  Song, People, Style

  Source: www.justjared.com

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• You know of the disease in Central Africa called sleeping sickness. . . . There also exists a sleeping sickness of the soul. Its most dangerous aspect is that one is unaware of its coming. That is why you have to be careful. As soon as you notice the slightest sign of indifference, the moment you become aware of the loss of a certain seriousness, of longing, of enthusiasm and zest, take it as a warning. You should realize your soul suffers if you live superficially.

  Albert Schweitzer

  Sleep, Loss, Zest

  Albert Schweitzer (1979). “Reverence for Life”, p.80, Ardent Media

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• We need to make sure parents and coaches are aware of the dangers an on the look-out for the warning signs. Performance enhancing drugs are too damaging to young people for parents and coaches to not be involved.

  Chuck Grassley

  People, Parent, Drug

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  I thought you'd have the decency to change. But babe, I guess you didn't take that warning, cause I'm not about to look at your face again.

  Avril Lavigne

  Looks, Faces, Causes

  Song: Too Much To Ask, Album: Let Go, 2002

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• I know of no better answer to the foul practices that confront our young people than the teachings of a mother, given in love with an unmistakable warning.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Mother, Teaching, Practice

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• Many traffic signs have become like placebos, giving false comfort to the afflicted, or simple boilerplate to ward off lawsuits, the roadway version of the Kellogg’s Pop-Tarts box that says, “Warning: Pastry Filling May Be Hot When Heated.

  Tom Vanderbilt

  Simple, Giving, Comfort

  Tom Vanderbilt (2008). “Traffic”, p.187, Vintage

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• You've probably heard the term, 'red flag warning.' That means there are extreme conditions. Low humidity, high temperatures. The fuels are extremely dry and volatile. We classify those in East Tennessee as 'fire days' so if your fire class day is a 1, it's relatively low. A class 5 day would be an extremely high danger day. A day like Sunday would be a 4 or a 5.

  Bruce Miller

  Mean, Sunday, Fire

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• Well, it's a Bloody Mary morning, my baby left without warning.

  Willie Nelson

  Baby, Morning, Rejection

  Willie Nelson, David Ritz (2015). “Mein Leben: Eine lange Geschichte”, p.134, Heyne Verlag

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• I've always gone out with much younger guys. But I rushed into relationships before really getting to know the person. What would come up as a warning sign within the first two weeks of dating would usually be the exact reason the relationship would end!

  Carrie Ann Inaba

  Two, Dating, Guy

  "'DWTS' Judge Carrie Ann Inaba Planning Summer Wedding to Accountant", www.foxnews.com. March 8, 2011.

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• Cottage cheese is one of our culture's most visible symbols of self-denial; marketed honestly, it would appear in dairy cases with warning labels: this substance is self-punitive; ingest with caution.

  Caroline Knapp

  Self, Culture, Labels

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