Careful Quotes

• We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Life, Happiness, Wisdom

  Kurt Vonnegut (2009). “Mother Night: A Novel”, p.5, Dial Press

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  If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.

  Malcolm X

  Hate, Lying, Media

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• We have to be careful in how we use this light shined on us.

  Melinda Gates

  Light, Use, Be Careful

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Beautiful, God

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• Be careful what you set your heart upon - for it will surely be yours.

  James A. Baldwin

  Inspirational, Success, Broken Heart

  "James Baldwin's much anticipated new novel - archive" by Hugh Hebert, www.theguardian.com. June 18, 2016.

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• Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you; be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them.

  W. Clement Stone

  Friendship, Choices, Insightful

  "How to Be the Employee Your Company Can't Live Without: 18 Ways to Become Indispensable". Book by Glenn Shepard, 2006.

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• A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading.

  C. S. Lewis

  Atheist, Reading, Men

  C. S. Lewis (1966). “Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• I've shut myself inside these walls, and I'm going to be a very lonely old lady if I'm not careful.

  Danielle Steel

  Lonely, Wall, Literature

  "Lonely heart". Interview with Karen Angel, www.theage.com.au. March 19, 2006.

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• Fear less, hope more. Eat less, chew more. Talk less, say more. Hate less, love more.

  Abigail Van Buren

  Hate, Yoga, Breathing

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• Be careful not to do your good deeds when there's no one watching you.

  Tom Lehrer

  Funny, Cute, Sarcastic

  Song: Be Prepared

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• Be of love a little more careful than of anything.

  e. e. cummings

  Love, Heart, Littles

  E. E. Cummings (1998). “No Thanks”, p.68, W. W. Norton & Company

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• The road can be hard on a kid if he's not careful.

  Bill Haley

  Kids, Hard, Ifs

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• Be careful to make a good improvement of precious time.

  David Brainerd

  Time, Improvement, Be Careful

  David Brainerd (1822). “Memoirs of the Rev. David Brainerd: Missionary to the Indians on the Borders of New-York, New-Jersey, and Pennsylvania: Chiefly Taken from His Own Diary”, p.124

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• People think I'm crazy and reckless but I'm absolutely not... I'm soooo safe and soooo careful and I won't do anything that feels like I could break something.

  Catherine Bell

  Crazy, Thinking, People

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• If we are not careful, we will convey the message that investigators have to be perfect. Not true!

  Richard G. Scott

  Perfect, Messages, Ifs

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• In a kind of a way there's a bit of that happening now so we have to be careful to preserve our culture.

  Yahoo Serious

  Culture, Way, Kind

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• You have to be careful not to let your fear stop you doing things. It's very exciting to test yourself.

  Francesca Annis

  Tests, Exciting, Be Careful

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• Be careful going in search of adventure - it's ridiculously easy to find.

  William Least Heat-Moon

  Travel, Adventure, Easy

  William Least Heat Moon (1991). “Blue Highways: A Journey Into America”, Mariner Books

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• It's essential not to have an ideology, not to be a member of a political party. While the writer can have certain political views, he has to be careful not to have his hands tied.

  Manuel Puig

  Party, Views, Hands

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• Be careful to leave your sons well instructed rather than rich, for the hopes of the instructed are better than the wealth of the ignorant.

  Epictetus

  Fathers Day, Teacher, Teaching

  Epictetus (1895*). “Discourses: With the Encheiridion and Fragments”

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• You have to be careful about how much you reveal to people that look up to you so much.

  Lady Gaga

  People, Looks, Up To You

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• Be careful not to compromise what you want most for what you want now.

  Zig Ziglar

  Workout, Fitness Motivational, Gym Motivational

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• I have to be very careful about diet and exercise.

  Taylor Dane

  Exercise, Diet And Exercise, Diets

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• If it takes you 20 or 25 years to establish yourself in one field, you really ought to be careful not to stray too far.

  Joshua Lederberg

  Years, Fields, Be Careful

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• Somebody warned me early on to be very careful about brushing up against the chocolate.

  Geena Davis

  Chocolate, Brushing

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