"The criminalization of marijuana did not prevent marijuana from becoming the most widely used illegal substance in the United States and many other countries. But it did result in extensive costs and negative consequences."

Negative, Consequences, Countries, Result

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"The criminalization of marijuana did not prevent marijuana from becoming the most widely used illegal substance in the United States and many other countries. But it did result in extensive costs and negative consequences."

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"Let's not be narrow, nasty, and negative."

T. S. Eliot, American Poet

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"We cannot and will not ban the creation of violent video games. But, we can prevent the distribution of these disturbing games to children, where their effects can be negative."

Herb Kohl, American Politician

Negative, Children, Creation, Games

"No tools have yet been met with in any of the gravels occurring at the higher levels of the valley of the Seine; but no importance can be attached to this negative fact, as so little search has yet been made for them."

Charles Lyell, British Lawyer

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"But to me nothing - the negative, the empty - is exceedingly powerful."

Alan Watts, English Philosopher

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"You never know with politicians what they are really saying. And I don't say that in a negative way-they have an appalling job."

James Lovelock, English Scientist

Negative, Job, Politicians, Saying

"The negative is comparable to the composer's score and the print to its performance. Each performance differs in subtle ways."

Ansel Adams, American Photographer

Negative, Performance

"None can be more negative in its impact than the limitation on human resource capacity."

Said Musa, Belizean Statesman

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"I do my job in Type O Negative."

Josh Silver, American Musician

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"Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results."

Willie Nelson, American Musician

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"The negative aspects of Scottish Nationalism are a kind of aggressive complacency, that sort of boasting; but that's an expression of insecurity, I think, of a lack of confidence."

Douglas Dunn, Scottish Poet

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"The financial markets generally are unpredictable. So that one has to have different scenarios... The idea that you can actually predict what's going to happen contradicts my way of looking at the market."

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"There is a resurgence of anti-Semitism in Europe. The policies of the Bush administration and the Sharon administration contribute to that. It's not specifically anti-Semitism, but it does manifest itself in anti-Semitism as well."

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"Well, you know, I was a human being before I became a businessman."

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"When it comes to social consequences, they've got all different people acting in different ways, very difficult to even have a proper criterion of success. So, it's a difficult task."

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"Markets are designed to allow individuals to look after their private needs and to pursue profit. It's really a great invention and I wouldn't under-estimate the value of that, but they're not designed to take care of social needs."

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"An open society is a society which allows its members the greatest possible degree of freedom in pursuing their interests compatible with the interests of others."

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"I think there's a lot of merit in an international economy and global markets, but they're not sufficient because markets don't look after social needs."

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"When I had made more money than I needed for myself and my family, I set up a foundation to promote the values and principles of a free and open society."

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"To my mind, there is a solution which has to do with democracy, because democratic governments are subject to the will of the people. So, if the people will it, you can actually create international institutions through the democratic states."

People

"The people currently in charge have forgotten the first principle of an open society, namely that we may be wrong and that there has to be free discussion. That it's possible to be opposed to the policies without being unpatriotic."

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