"When a situation feels dangerous to you, it's probably more safe than you know; when a situation feels safe, that is precisely when you should feel on guard."

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Source : Tom Vanderbilt (2008). “Traffic”, p.185, Vintage

Tom Vanderbilt

#Safe Quotes #Should Quotes #Dangerous Quotes

“Equal treatment for children in unequal situations is not justice.”

Source : "California’s Gov. Brown blasts state, federal education policy" by Valerie Strauss, www.washingtonpost.com. January 24, 2013.
“So long as we only believe in the justice of the state, of the law-made by those in power, to serve those in power-so long will we continue to be exploited by those in power.”
“It was very constraining, much more than I ever would have thought, to run for governor.”
“This is the worst President ever. He George W. Bush is the worst President in all of American history.”

Source : "CBS’s Smith: ‘Legendary’ Helen Thomas Has Done ‘Extraordinary Work’" by Kyle Drennen, www.newsbusters.org. August 14, 2008.
“I'm always told that what I say is controversial. Why is it controversial? Because I speak from a tradition that has now fallen out of favor with the dominant media in this country. And so when I say things like marriage should be between one man and one woman, I'm called a bigot.”
“If you hate your parents, the man or the establishment, don't show them up by getting wasted and wrapping your car around a tree. If you really want to rebel against your parents, out-learn them, outlive them, and know more than they do.”
“I've been fighting for nine years and in the beginning there was a lot of backlash and non-supporters of women fighters. We could never find many women fighters and when we did sometimes we were put on the card for the wrong reasons. It was frustrating. When I'd go train in gyms, it seemed like the guys at the gym were skeptical and didn't think I was as serious as they were because I was a woman, but today things are different.”

Source : Source: me.askmen.com
“I don't even think of going to Europe as going to another country now.”

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