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Safety Quotes
"There might be 1 finger on the trigger, but there will be 15 fingers on the safety catch."
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"Safety is something that happens between your ears, not something you hold in your hands."
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"A woman who goes around wearing a knife is obviously looking for trouble." She reached deep into her pocket and brought out a long, slender piece of metal, glittering all along one edge. "However a woman who carries a knife is ready for trouble. Generally speaking, it's easier to appear harmless. It's less trouble all around."
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"Well, I don't think I've ever consciously come up with tricks and tools to, kind of, hide. I do think I'm a bit more vigilant, in terms of safety issues and things. And sometimes it is kind of nice to try to hold onto your anonymity."
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"I don't have to be safe to feel safe, I always feel safe at my core."
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"It really should be a criminal offense for an electrician to mount a breaker box on a bedroom wall. Unfortunately, I see the solar industry mounting inverters on bedroom walls also!"
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"Are you sleepwalking?' A voice asked behind me. "I was testing dorm security," I said. "It sucks."
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"We are the safest large city in America, but any crime rate is too high."
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"We sleep safely at night because rough men stand ready to visit violence on those who would harm us."
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"OSHA had come in and looked at the channel 5 studios and it sort of had something to do with wrestling, but they found that there were some safety concerns that had to be addressed."
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"If you don't visit the bad neighborhoods, the bad neighborhoods are going to visit you."
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"You had better not open that door."
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"I advise people to avoid workplaces that prevent Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) visits."
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"When I was commissioning a brand new solar photovoltaic utility site, I came across metal tubes installed into the fuseholders that were marked up as 100 amp fuses on the diagram. Needless to say, it had already gone on fire."
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"It is clear that the protective functions of workplace health and safety have transferred to the workers through the process of corporate government deregulation and reduced funding of relevant government departments."
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"When discharging industrial gas into the indoor environment in high altitude astronomy, we never wore breathing respirators that fed us oxygenated air at above the legally required 19.5% oxygen levels."
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"Make sure your not followed! Don't go anywhere."
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"Don't sit with your back to any doors."
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"The newer homes did not sustain as much damage because they were built to better safety codes; they were better designed, higher wind loads for the roof. All of those facets made those homes sustain the storm a whole lot better."
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"Valkyrie walked to the back door, which hadn't been closed properly, shut it and locked it. There was now a baby in the house, after all. She couldn't take the chance that a wild animal might wander in and make off with Alice, like those dingoes in Australia. She was probably being unfair to both dingoes and Australia, but she couldn't risk it. Locked doors kept the dingoes out, and that's all there was to it, even if she didn't know what a dingo actually was. She took out her phone, searched the Internet, found a picture of a baby dingo and now she really wanted a baby dingo for a pet."
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"I can feel Peeta press his forehead into my temple and he asks, 'So now that you've got me, what are you going to do with me?' I turn into him. 'Put you somewhere you can't get hurt."
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"OSHA's lack of law enforcement has made the USA a dangerous place to work."
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"From the safety of his BMW with tinted windows, he watched Hannah Young pull out of her parking space, seemingly in a hurry to leave work. He'd hoped to catch her alone, but the garage was too busy right now. He wasn't out of place at all, but he couldn't have made a move against her without someone noticing. And following her from the hospital wasn't an option. Traffic in Miami was too thick this time of day. Something told him she'd notice if he tailed her. Hannah was far too smart for her own good. She'd seen something she shouldn't have, and unfortunately he needed to eliminate her. It wasn't something he relished doing, but it came down to his life or hers."
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"The biggest surprise that I had during my time in high altitude astronomy was being prevented from arranging a free Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) onsite evaluation to assist with bringing the observatory into OSHA compliance by the upper management team that I reported to."
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"The best thing to do when someone is trying to argue with you is to repeatedly state "Stay Away" and video record the entire event. You may need that video for the police afterwords when the aggressor starts fabricating fantasies about the event."
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"Occupational Safety & Health Administration's (OSHA) lack of law enforcement has made the USA a dangerous place to work."
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"Never do anything that you don't want to have to explain to 9-1-1 personnel."
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"Do not risk your life for someone who does not care about you."
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"Protection and security are only valuable if they do not cramp life excessively."
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"In Venice in the Middle Ages there was once a profession for a man called a codega--a fellow you hired to walk in front of you at night with a lit lantern, showing you the way, scaring off thieves and demons, bringing you confidence and protection through the dark streets."
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"Don't try to tell me it's because I'm scared, because the truth is the only time I'm not terrified is when I'm with you."
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"You should be aware that anywhere that a ground rod is installed, that there may be AC voltage/current/frequency in the vicinity of it."
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"The more we construct lives that prioritize safety, the bigger the prison we construct around ourselves."
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"There were places you didn't want to walk, precautions you took that had to do with locks on windows and doors, drawing the curtains, leaving on lights. These things you did were like prayers; you did them and you hoped they would save you. And for the most part they did. Or something did; you could tell by the fact that you were still alive."
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