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on the edge of

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When a pile of cups is tottering on the edge of the table and you warn that they will crash to the ground, in South Africa you are blamed when that happens. Desmond Tutu

Only on the edge of the grave can man conclude anything. Henry Adams

It was as if when I looked into his eyes I was standing alone on the edge of the world...on a windswept ocean beach. There was nothing but the soft roar of the waves. Anne Rice

A firm rule must be imposed upon our nation before it destroys itself. The United States needs some theology and geometry, some taste and decency. I suspect that we are teetering on the edge of the abyss. John Kennedy Toole

I argue in this paper that we are on the edge of change comparable to the rise of human life on Earth. Vernor Vinge

A tea cup on the edge of a well. Japanese Proverb

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