"Thus, that one can find no place to walk through the breadth of the earth is not because the earth is not tranquil but because the danger to every step of the traveler lies generally with words."

Danger, Earth, Lies, Words

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"Thus, that one can find no place to walk through the breadth of the earth is not because the earth is not tranquil but because the danger to every step of the traveler lies generally with words."

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Kate Adie, British Journalist

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"If I'm in danger then it's usually my fault and it's up to me to get myself out of it. I am not in it just to get an adrenalin rush. No way!"

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"Crying wolf is a real danger."

David Attenborough, British Journalist

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"Yes, it will go through the disciplines that all puppies go through including house training and puppy walking, then at twelve month old it the training becomes a lot more rigorous which has to be done carefully otherwise you are in danger of stressing the dog."

David Blunkett, British Politician

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"I remember when we were doing the first Dragon's Lair, I got really involved with coming up with all the little rooms and what was the danger in the room and going into it with bats and spiders and snakes."

Don Bluth, American Artist

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"The United States and our allies are determined: we refuse to live in the shadow of this ultimate danger."

George W. Bush, American President

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"It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck."

Charles Caleb Colton, English Writer

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"He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger."

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"The European model is in danger if we obliterate the principle of personal responsibility."

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"In liberating Iraq, we have rid the nation and the rest of the world from the danger of Saddam Hussein."

Elizabeth Dole, American Politician

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