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And to stick our head in the sand and pretend that we are somehow safer if we do not know or to pretend we are somehow safer if we limit our options seems to me not only foolish but actually dangerous.

— Mac Thornberry

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✓Similar Perspectives

We assume in our daily lives that the world is both safe and sane. Otherwise, we could not carry on.

— Madeleine M. Kunin

And when we draw lines in the sand with regard to certain basic things that are vital to our interest and to the interest of democracy and our friends around the world, we have to be willing to back that up.

— Fred Thompson

The reason we're so dangerous is because we're totally harmless.

— Cheech Marin

We live in an unsafe world.

— Nia Vardalos

When we are afraid we ought not to occupy ourselves with endeavoring to prove that there is no danger, but in strengthening ourselves to go on in spite of the danger.

— Hale White

Just when we most need to be clearheaded, in order to face the hard facts before us, there is all too frequently a very real inclination to give way to dangerous tendencies merely as an escape from realities.

— William Lyon Mackenzie King

Our minds have a tendency to wander. To duck and feint and keep us at a slight remove from the moment at hand.

— Dani Shapiro

I think our Western society is very much about, 'Tuck your head in; make sure you're safe. Don't rock the boat.'

— Cate Blanchett

If we sit by and become complacent and put our heads in the sand, we're complicit.

— Shelley Morrison

The idea that we can make all things safe for all behaviors is in itself a dangerous and slippery slope.

— Gever Tulley

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