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"We strongly oppose warning labels on cigarette packs for several reasons: first and foremost, warning labels may improperly imply that it has been scientifically established that smoking causes disease"
"His place was always set at the table, in case he rturned from the dead without warning ."
"We hunger for significance, for signs that our personal existence is of special meaning to the universe. To that end, we’re all too eager to deceive ourselves and others, to discern a sacred image in a grilled cheese sandwich or find a divine warning in a comet"
"If life can end in one minute - so damn quickly with no damn warning - you better do what you want to do now right this minute. Because your next minute might not happen."
"The turnings of life seldon show a sign-post; or rather, though the sign is always there, it is usually placed some distance back, like the notices that give warning of a bad hill or a level railway-crossing."
"I can analyze people's intentions. Immediately.That's just a warning. To everyone."
"That world is ended, as if it had never been. Let the race of Adam and Eve take warning."
"The era of procrastination...is coming to a close...we are entering a period of consequences - Winston Churchill (warning about the danger of appeasement"
"So give to the poor; I'm begging you, I'm warning you, I'm commanding you, I'm ordering you."
"I resent the fact that a parental warning sticker has to be included on an album as cover art. To me that's censorship."
"But Anatole said suddenly, 'Don't expect God's protection in places beyond God's dominion. It will only make you feel punished. I'm warning you. When things go bad, you will blame yourself.' 'What are you telling me?' 'I am telling you what I'm telling you. Don't try to make life a mathematics problem with yourself in the center and everything coming out equal. When you are good, bad things can still happen. And if you are bad, you can still be lucky."
"I think Twitter is a fabulous tool. Crowd-sourcing by Twitter is useful in getting early warnings."
"It is almost startling to hear this warning of departed time sounding among the tombs, and telling the lapse of the hour, which, like a billow, has rolled us onward towards the grave."
"Suffering is dysfunctional, except as a bodily warning against danger. Psychologically and socially it's merely destructive."
"I have a message for the Divergent" I am Divergent. "This is not a negotiation" No, it is not. "It is a warning" I understand. "Every two days until one of you delivers yourself to Erudite headquarters . . ." I will. " . . . this will happen again" It will never happen again."
"Adulterers, take warning, never admit."
"Were you proposing to shoot these people in cold blood, sergeant?" "Nossir. Just a warning shot inna head, sir."
"I really should come with a warning label."
"I'm warning you with peace and love I have too much to do. So no more fan mail. Thank you, thank you. And no objects to be signed, nothing. Peace and love, peace and love."
"This film [Chi-Raq]is a declaration. It's a scream. It's a warning. And I can really break it down to one scene. That's the scene where we have the eulogy and sermon that is given by the great John Cusack."
