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Extremists and populist movements are exploiting people's fear of those who are not like us. We can see the consequences in the form of terrorism and racially motivated violence.
Kjell Magne Bondevik
Terrorism
People
Fear
Consequences
Extremists
Those
See
Like
Motivated
Movements
Form
Us
Exploiting
Who
Populist
Violence
I have problems with this very extreme form of capitalism where the pendulum has swung so far in one direction, where the focus is completely on the short term, and no one is thinking about the consequences.
Noreena Hertz
Capitalism
Problems
Focus
Thinking
Consequences
Extreme
Pendulum
About
Direction
No-One
Term
Very
Short
Where
Form
Short-Term
Far
Swung
To be a utilitarian means that you judge actions as right or wrong in accordance with whether they have good consequences. So you try to do what will have the best consequences for all of those affected.
Peter Singer
Best
Good
You
Judge
Try
Will
Consequences
Those
Wrong
Affected
Accordance
Whether
Means
Actions
Utilitarian
Right
It seems that, every several months, you have to expect there is going to be a terrorist incident or that there could be a terrorist incident somewhere. Right away, you're thinking, 'What are the consequences? Is this the first part of a larger attack? Is it coordinated, or a lone wolf?'
Peter T. King
You
Somewhere
First
Wolf
Every
Thinking
Consequences
Months
Several
Lone
Lone Wolf
Seems
Attack
Could
Part
Terrorist
Expect
Going
Incident
Coordinated
Away
Larger
Right
Right Away
Every State has the primary duty to protect its own population from grave and sustained violations of human rights, as well as from the consequences of humanitarian crises, whether natural or man-made.
Pope Benedict XVI
Rights
Natural
Own
Duty
Human Rights
Every
Consequences
State
Crises
Primary
Protect
Well
Man-Made
Human
Sustained
Whether
Population
Grave
Humanitarian
Violations
A spine to my films that's become more evident to me is that many are about the choices people make, and the reverberations of those choices. You go this way, or that way, and either way, there's going to be consequences.
Spike Lee
Me
You
People
Become
Consequences
Films
Way
Evident
Those
Spine
About
More
Make
Go
Going
Either
Choices
Many
AIDS obliges people to think of sex as having, possibly, the direst consequences: suicide. Or murder.
Susan Sontag
People
Sex
Think
Consequences
Suicide
AIDS
Possibly
Having
When I write, I don't allow the fear of consequences to interfere with the writing process. I have in the past paid for my commitment to the truth and the way I live my life. I am prepared to pay more if I have to.
Taslima Nasrin
Life
Truth
Commitment
Writing
Fear
My Life
Past
Pay
Live
Consequences
Way
More
Write
Allow
Writing Process
Am
In The Past
Process
Interfere
Paid
Prepared
Science is the knowledge of consequences, and dependence of one fact upon another.
Thomas Hobbes
Knowledge
Science
Consequences
Fact
Another
Dependence
Investment banking has, in recent years, resembled a casino, and the massive scale of gambling losses has dragged down traditional business and retail lending activities as banks try to rebuild their balance sheets. This was one aspect of modern financial liberalisation that had dire consequences.
Vince Cable
Business
Balance
Financial
Casino
Try
Down
Rebuild
Consequences
One Aspect
Scale
Dire
Retail
Had
Investment
Massive
Balance Sheets
Sheets
Traditional
Years
Losses
Modern
Banking
Banks
Lending
Gambling
Aspect
Activities
Recent
Dragged
Recent Years
We set up a situation and let you interact with it and see the consequences of your choice. That's what gaming does.
Warren Spector
You
Situation
Consequences
See
Does
Up
Interact
Choice
Your
Gaming
Set
Be your true self. Because if you're not, there are consequences to be paid.
Wendell Pierce
You
Consequences
Self
True
Because
True Self
Paid
Your
There are no rewards or punishments - only consequences.
William Inge
Consequences
Punishments
Only
Rewards
Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Fear
Repentance
Consequences
Remorse
Done
Much
I think that's why I'm an actor: so I can tell those stories without having to really live through those stories with real consequences and real stakes, real responsibility.
Aaron Lazar
Responsibility
Live
Think
Consequences
Those
Tell
Having
Through
Without
Real
Stories
Stakes
Really
Actor
Why
Fast-paced from start to finish, 'The Honourable Schoolboy' is fired by le Carre's conviction regarding evil done and its consequences.
Alan Furst
Evil
Conviction
Consequences
Honourable
Finish
Fired
Schoolboy
Done
Regarding
Fast-Paced
Start
Here we stand in the middle of this new world with our primitive brain, attuned to the simple cave life, with terrific forces at our disposal, which we are clever enough to release, but whose consequences we cannot comprehend.
Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
Life
World
Simple
Clever
Consequences
Enough
Our
Release
We Cannot
Comprehend
New
Primitive
Forces
Terrific
Attuned
Brain
Cave
New World
Middle
Cannot
Which
Stand
Disposal
Whose
Here
There are real consequences when women speak out. It's really dangerous, and it takes real courage. We are still speaking out against a white male majority. Forget the glass ceiling. We haven't even broken the glass floor!
Alexandra Fuller
Broken
Courage
Women
Speak
Dangerous
White
Consequences
Out
Takes
Glass
Majority
Real
Still
Male
Ceiling
Forget
Against
Really
Speaking
Even
Floor
Any promising young white man rich enough to theoretically afford a giant oil painting of himself gets to remain young and innocent forever, and none of his actions have any consequences, whether there is magic involved or not.
Alexandra Petri
Man
Innocent
Young
Rich
White
Painting
Consequences
Enough
Giant
Promising
Magic
Remain
Involved
Himself
None
His
Forever
Afford
Gets
Any
Oil
Whether
Theoretically
Actions
The serious crimes by the Sudanese government and the government-supported militias must be met with serious consequences. We must work for tough international economic sanctions on the Sudanese government.
Allyson Schwartz
Work
Government
Tough
Met
Consequences
Crimes
Must
Economic
Sanctions
International
Serious
The consequences of poor nutrition and a lack of exercise are serious.
Amy Klobuchar
Consequences
Nutrition
Exercise
Lack
Poor
Serious
Absolute faith can blind you to the consequences of the actions you allow. It can tell you it's okay to drop bombs on another country, or that it's okay to hate a group of people such as homosexuals.
Andrew Denton
Faith
You
Hate
People
Drop
Country
Group
Consequences
Okay
Tell
Absolute
Allow
Blind
Another
Actions
Bombs
Homosexuals
As a 7-year-old child, I saw the Wall being erected. No one - although it was a stark violation of international law - believed at the time that one ought to intervene militarily in order to protect citizens of the GDR and whole Eastern bloc, of the consequences of that - namely, to live in lack of freedom for many, many years.
Angela Merkel
Time
Freedom
Law
Live
Consequences
Intervene
Ought
Saw
Citizens
Eastern
No-One
Namely
Protect
Although
Years
Wall
Child
Lack
Being
Order
International
Many
Whole
International Law
Believed
Stark
Violation
If poverty and underdevelopment are primarily consequences of poor institutions, then by weakening those institutions or stunting their development, large aid flows do exactly the opposite of what they are intended to do.
Angus Deaton
Poverty
Consequences
Aid
Those
Weakening
Exactly
Primarily
Development
Institutions
Opposite
Intended
Poor
Then
Large
Flows
Something devastating can happen to you, and it can have positive consequences. By the same token, something fantastic can happen, and it can bring a lot of trouble. That's life.
Anita Dobson
Positive
Life
You
Trouble
Consequences
Something
Devastating
Lot
Same
Happen
Fantastic
Token
Bring
Europe - and in particular Germany - must assume more responsibility. We must be ready to take on this responsibility and that has consequences domestically. That means, for example, we must be ready to spend more money on defense at home and abroad.
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer
Home
Money
Responsibility
Example
Consequences
Assume
Defense
Spend
Must
Abroad
More
Take
Particular
For Example
Ready
Germany
Means
Europe
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