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Surviving failure is one thing. Surviving success is... is challenging, with the consequences and what you lose along the way.

~George C. Wolfe

Topics: Along Challenging Consequences Failure Lose One Thing Success Success Is Surviving Thing Way You

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Consequences are unpitying.

~George Eliot

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Did I want Britain to remain in the E.U.? Yes. Did I fear the consequences if we quit? Yes. Did I argue passionately for that during the referendum? Absolutely I did.

~George Osborne

Topics: Absolutely Argue Britain Consequences Did Fear Passionately Quit Referendum Remain Want Yes

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'The Assassins' Gate' is a very tightly controlled story of the ideas that led to the war and the consequences of those ideas in Iraq, and there is no doubt about where it is going and what kind of groundwork is being laid.

~George Packer

Topics: About Assassins Being Consequences Controlled Doubt Gate Going Groundwork Ideas Iraq Kind Laid Led No Doubt Story Those Tightly Very War Where

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Unfortunately, corruption is widespread in government agencies and public enterprises. Our political system promotes nepotism and wasting money. This has undermined our legal system and confidence in the functioning of the state. One of the consequences is that many citizens don't pay their taxes.

~George Papandreou

Topics: Agencies Citizens Confidence Consequences Corruption Enterprises Government Legal Legal System Many Money Nepotism Our Pay Political Political System Public State System Taxes Undermined Unfortunately Wasting Widespread

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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.

~George Soros

Topics: Acting Consequences Criterion Different Different People Different Ways Difficult Difficult Task Even Got People Proper Social Success Task Very Ways

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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.

~George Soros

Topics: Becoming Consequences Costs Countries Did Extensive Illegal Many Most Negative Other Other Countries Prevent Result States Substance United United States Used Widely

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Here's the teaching point, if you're teaching kids about intelligence and policy: Intelligence does not absolve policymakers of responsibility to ask tough questions, and it doesn't absolve them of having curiosity about the consequences of their actions.

~George Tenet

Topics: About Actions Ask Consequences Curiosity Does Having Here Intelligence Kids Point Policy Policymakers Questions Responsibility Teaching Them Tough You

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The action we take and the decisions we make in this decade will have consequences far into this century. If America shows weakness and uncertainty, the world will drift toward tragedy. That will not happen on my watch.

~George W. Bush

Topics: Action America Century Consequences Decade Decisions Drift Far Happen Make Shows Take Toward Tragedy Uncertainty Watch Weakness Will World

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Constitutional arguments that seem as dry as dust can have momentous consequences.

~George Will

Topics: Argument Consequences Constitutional Dry Dust Momentous Seem

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