Melinda Gates
Philanthropist, businesswoman
"We have to be careful in how we use this light shined on us."
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Be Careful
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Vernon Jordan
Lawyer
"You have to be careful how you're using the word boycott."
Friedrich Nietzsche
Philosopher, Writer
"Be careful when you cast out your demons that you don’t throw away the best of yourself."
Friedrich Nietzsche
Philosopher, Writer
"Be careful who you choose as your enemy because that's who you become most like."
Dave Chappelle
Comedian, Actor, Writer
"You got to be careful of the company you keep."
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"Anyone who reaches for great expression has to be careful of the ridiculous."
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"Be careful with what you say. A girl remembers everything."
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"Don't be careful. You could hurt yourself."
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"Be careful what you wish for. You never know who will be listening."
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"Words are power. And a book is full of words. Be careful what power you get from it. But know that you do."
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"Be careful with your words, once they are said, they can only be forgiven, not forgotten."
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"When liberty is mentioned, we must always be careful to observe whether it is not really the assertion of private interests which is thereby designated."
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"Undertake not what you cannot perform, but be careful to keep your promise."
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"There should be pluralism - the concept of many religions, many truths. But we must also be careful not to become nihilistic."
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"We can't choose our fate, but we can choose others. Be careful in knowing that."
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"Be careful that victories do not carry the seed of future defeats."
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"Be careful when you take on debt. If you take on debt personally, make sure it is small. If you take on large debt, make sure someone else is paying for it."
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"You gotta be careful: don't say a word to nobody about nothing anytime ever."
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"And so we have to be careful with looking at additional stimulus that we don't provoke an increase in the bond rate and then offset a lot of the stimulus we've already got."
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"Having the ability to get and gain respect through your work is great but you have to be careful not to get carried away."
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"You have to be careful what you think you know."
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"We must be careful that the business we build does not become mere busyness."
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"Be careful, though." "Aren't I always?" "No, I think the word for how you usually are is 'reckless."
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"They, then, who are destined to die, need not be careful to inquire what death they are to die, but into what place death will usher them."
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"A good cause has to be careful of the company it keeps."
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