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"Nuclear weapons and TV have simply intensified the consequences of our tendencies, upped the stakes."
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"Sometimes consequences are building blocks fashioned of granite when successes are shaped of clay."
"There are consequences to ignoring consequences that are a consequence of my blatant unwillingness to learn from my consequences."
"We work hard to believe that our actions really don't affect others all that much because we want the license to act without thinking all that much."
"Only a fool lights a fire and tries to hide at the same time."
"Consequences are not the spoiler that kills my dreams. Rather, they are the lessons that enhance my dreaming."
"The only thing destroying us is ignorance."
"I think remorse ought to stop biting the consciences that feed it."
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"I mean that the function of the police is to solve problems that have law-enforcement consequences in a way that is based on a genuine partnership with the neighborhood in both the venting of the problem and the discussion of the solution."
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