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title: "6 Real Harm Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [When you think you're a really good person, you're actually capable of doing some real harm to people, either knowingly or unknowingly.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-tupper/when-you-think-you-re-a-really-good-person-you-re-actually-capable-of/)

[James Tupper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-tupper/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95e/james-tupper-16470_good_when-you-think-you-re-a-really-good-pers_21361.jpg)

> [“It's people with obsessions who do the real harm in the world.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-francis/it-s-people-with-obsessions-who-do-the-real-harm-in-the-world/)

[Dick Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-francis/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a2/dick-francis-13976_obsession_it-s-people-with-obsessions-who-do-the-r_539816.jpg)

> [As a Senator from Rhode Island, I wish that once - just once - the fossil fuel industry and their paid-for PR…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheldon-whitehouse/as-a-senator-from-rhode-island-i-wish-that-once-just-once-the-fossil/)

[Sheldon Whitehouse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheldon-whitehouse/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/800/sheldon-whitehouse-3144_climate_as-a-senator-from-rhode-island-i-wish-th_574035.png)

> [The real harm of term extension comes not from these famous works. The real harm is to the works that are not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-lessig/the-real-harm-of-term-extension-comes-not-from-these-famous-works-the/)

[Lawrence Lessig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-lessig/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/570/lawrence-lessig-3201_available_the-real-harm-of-term-extension-comes-no_1133916.png)

> [“Losing what we have can only do us real harm when we feel we can't create it, or something equally valuable or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-patrick/losing-what-we-have-can-only-do-us-real-harm-when-we-feel-we-can-t/)

[Sean Patrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-patrick/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f1/sean-patrick-6007_quote_losing-what-we-have-can-only-do-us-real_1920335.jpg)

> [Once or twice in my career I feel that I have done more real harm by my discovery of the criminal than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-conan-doyle/once-or-twice-in-my-career-i-feel-that-i-have-done-more-real-harm-by/)

[Arthur Conan Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-conan-doyle/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c65/arthur-conan-doyle-273_careers_once-or-twice-in-my-career-i-feel-that-i_2570509.jpg)

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