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To act is to be committed, and to be committed is to be in danger.
James Baldwin
James Baldwin
James Baldwin
Born: Aug 2, 1924
Died: Dec 1, 1987

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James Baldwin : Collected Essays : Notes of a Native Son / Nobody Knows My Name / The Fire Next Time / No Name in the Street / The Devil Finds Work / Other Essays (Library of America)
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At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide. Abraham Lincoln
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Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. Helen Keller
Life Nature Experience Men Long Nothing Danger Run Daring Security Superstition Outright Long Run Adventure Mostly Safer Does Nor Exist Than Children Either Avoiding Whole Exposure
We are in danger of destroying ourselves by our greed and stupidity. We cannot remain looking inwards at ourselves on a small and increasingly polluted and overcrowded planet. Stephen Hawking
Stupidity Looking Greed Increasingly Our Danger We Cannot Destroying Ourselves Small Remain Overcrowded Polluted Cannot Planet
Never was anything great achieved without danger. Niccolo Machiavelli
Great Danger Never Without Achieved Anything
It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership. Nelson Mandela
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The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark. Michelangelo
Wisdom Setting Too Mark Aim Our Danger High Lies Most Greater Falling Short Achieving Low Us
He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger. Confucius
Great Learning Lost Think Danger He Learn Does Learns Who Thinks
The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything. Friedrich Nietzsche
Man Woman Dangerous Danger He True Most True Man Wants Reason Play Things Two Plaything
Red is such an interesting color to correlate with emotion, because it's on both ends of the spectrum. On one end you have happiness, falling in love, infatuation with someone, passion, all that. On the other end, you've got obsession, jealousy, danger, fear, anger and frustration. Taylor Swift
Happiness Love Jealousy You Anger Frustration Fear Passion Other Danger Correlate Someone Both Color Emotion Red Obsession Because Got Falling Falling In Love End Infatuation Ends Interesting Spectrum
One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never! Winston Churchill
You Try Will Half Meet Ought Back Danger Run Threatened Promptly Never Without Reduce Anything Turn Double Away

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