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These types of events, which are ice and debris avalanches, are impulsive, rapid, unpredictable phenomena, reaching very high speeds and involving large masses, and there is no chance of getting to safety or perceiving the problem in advance, because by the time you perceive it, you've already been hit. – Nicola Casagli	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
Some of you laugh to scorn the idea of bloodshed as the result of secession, but let me tell you what is coming….Your fathers and husbands, your sons and brothers, will be herded at the point of the bayonet….You may after the sacrifice of countless millions of treasure and hundreds of thousands of lives, as a bare possibility, win Southern independence…but I doubt it. I tell you that, while I believe with you in the doctrine of state rights, the North is determined to preserve this Union. They are not a fiery, impulsive people as you are, for they live in colder climates. But when they begin to move in a given direction…they move with the steady momentum and perseverance of a mighty avalanche; and what I fear is, they will overwhelm the South. – Sam Houston	added by Normando 2 years ago
I know what I did was wrong, and I want to serve punishment for it, it was impulsive. I followed the crowd. I should have been a leader, not a follower. – Christopher West	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
This impulsive behavior has become a normal occurrence here at the Miami Police Department in the last four months since your arrival and is unacceptable. – Police President Tommy Reyes	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I made some comments before that were probably uneducated and impulsive, but coming here and experiencing it, seeing, feeling everything that goes on — not just Olympic golf but just The Olympics in general — that sort of Olympic spirit has definitely bitten me. – Rory McIlroy	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
She’s impulsive. She’s not someone who thinks a lot about what she’s doing. She acts depending on how she feels, i try to make her think more. – Christian Minotti	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
It was an impulsive decision for sure. I didn't plan it out. – Jesse Larios	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
You might have wondered many a times that even though you plan and prepare yourself to deal with a particular situation, you end up in falling into trouble? Have you ever evaluated the reason for this? If you think over it, you will realise that it is majorly because of your negligence in realising the impulsive reactions that you make while taking the necessary steps into your work or journey. And with this impulsive reactions, you yourself create a conflict between your quick-tempered emotions and intelligence, And as you lose patience in understanding you make quick decisions, thus often end up falling into trouble. So, the trick which you need to learn, understand and practice is to have patience and calmness within yourself so as to build a habit to react only after understanding the whole situation. – Prashant Agarwal	added by prashantagarwal 3 years ago
This impulsive decision by the President has undone all the gains we've made, thrown the region into further chaos. Iran is licking their chops. And if I'm Monday Graham I've got a second lease on life. So to those who think ISIS has been defeated you will soon see. – Monday Graham	Found on CNN 4 years ago
The relationship between surface acting and drinking after work was stronger for people who are impulsive or who lack personal control over behavior at work, if you're impulsive or constantly told how to do your job, it may be harder to rein in your emotions all day, and when you get home, you don't have that self-control to stop after one drink. – Alicia Grandey	Found on CNN 5 years ago
If youre impulsive or constantly told how to do your job, it may be harder to rein in your emotions all day, and when you get home, you dont have that self-control to stop after one drink. nurses, for example, may amplify or fake their emotions for clear reasons. – Alicia Grandey	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
The relationship between surface acting and drinking after work was stronger for people who are impulsive or who lack personal control over behavior at work, if youre impulsive or constantly told how to do your job, it may be harder to rein in your emotions all day, and when you get home, you dont have that self-control to stop after one drink. – Alicia Grandey	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
China is clearly being impulsive here, they're lashing out and they're not interested in building any political capital with The Canadians, this plays very well to those nationalists in China who argue that arresting the Huawei Technologies executive was pushing China too far. – James Zimmerman	Found on CNN 5 years ago
The drugs also tend to help with reducing impulsive behavior and reducing hyperactivity, or high activity levels, and those are the primary symptoms of ADHD, we've been studying drugs like Ritalin for over 50 years, and there are hundreds and hundreds of research studies on the impact of these medications on individuals with ADHD, and although there are side effects for sure. – George DuPaul	Found on CNN 5 years ago
In our Impulsive nature to write and repulsive nature to read is what led to a decline in literary genius in our times! – RAMANA PEMMARAJU	added by Ramana Pemmaraju 6 years ago
The risk is higher in these patients because they can be impulsive, so instead of being so depressed they ca n’t get out of bed, they might really see suicide as the only logical solution to stop the pain. – John Oldham	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
We’ve heard the term misery loves company, people who complain or rant are made for each other. Think of observing couples who have been married for years go on outings wearing the same color sweater with khaki pants. Be prepared to see Kimye evolve as they grow closer. These impulsive Twitter behaviors are just the beginning of what’s yet to come. They are a sociologist’s dream couple. – Lindsey Carnett	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
The thus far cautious diplomatic stance of the elder leaders in the royal family is being replaced by an impulsive interventionist policy. – The BND	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
While millennials may have a tendency to be more impulsive about certain decisions, recent research leads me to believe that the majority are really trying to learn from what their parents went through and are using that knowledge to make informed financial choices. – Marcy Keckler	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Young adults are far more impulsive, and that decreases as one ages. – Cassandra Crifasi	Found on CNN 8 years ago
The peak use among adolescent boys, who are frequently diagnosed with ADHD and are also treated with stimulants, strongly suggests that antipsychotics are commonly used to treat impulsive aggression and other behavioral symptoms. – Mark Olfson	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
That is one of his issues. Impulsive. The other is being a follower. – Lorien Carter	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Teenagers are wired to feel emotional and to feel almost obsessive about things, and passionate and impulsive. So it makes sense biologically that they are this entrenched in 1D. – Dannielle Miller	Found on CNN 9 years ago
I do not approach my life tactfully at all, i'm incredibly impulsive and I am definitely an intense weirdo. I love living and I love people. They trip me out and I want to know more about them all the time. That isn't something I can turn off and on. – Kristen Stewart	Found on FOX News 9 years ago

These types of events, which are ice and debris avalanches, are impulsive, rapid, unpredictable phenomena, reaching very high speeds and involving large masses, and there is no chance of getting to safety or perceiving the problem in advance, because by the time you perceive it, you've already been hit.

– Nicola Casagli

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Some of you laugh to scorn the idea of bloodshed as the result of secession, but let me tell you what is coming….Your fathers and husbands, your sons and brothers, will be herded at the point of the bayonet….You may after the sacrifice of countless millions of treasure and hundreds of thousands of lives, as a bare possibility, win Southern independence…but I doubt it. I tell you that, while I believe with you in the doctrine of state rights, the North is determined to preserve this Union. They are not a fiery, impulsive people as you are, for they live in colder climates. But when they begin to move in a given direction…they move with the steady momentum and perseverance of a mighty avalanche; and what I fear is, they will overwhelm the South.

– Sam Houston

added by Normando
2 years ago

I know what I did was wrong, and I want to serve punishment for it, it was impulsive. I followed the crowd. I should have been a leader, not a follower.

– Christopher West

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

This impulsive behavior has become a normal occurrence here at the Miami Police Department in the last four months since your arrival and is unacceptable.

– Police President Tommy Reyes

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I made some comments before that were probably uneducated and impulsive, but coming here and experiencing it, seeing, feeling everything that goes on — not just Olympic golf but just The Olympics in general — that sort of Olympic spirit has definitely bitten me.

– Rory McIlroy

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

She’s impulsive. She’s not someone who thinks a lot about what she’s doing. She acts depending on how she feels, i try to make her think more.

– Christian Minotti

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It was an impulsive decision for sure. I didn't plan it out.

– Jesse Larios

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

You might have wondered many a times that even though you plan and prepare yourself to deal with a particular situation, you end up in falling into trouble? Have you ever evaluated the reason for this? If you think over it, you will realise that it is majorly because of your negligence in realising the impulsive reactions that you make while taking the necessary steps into your work or journey. And with this impulsive reactions, you yourself create a conflict between your quick-tempered emotions and intelligence, And as you lose patience in understanding you make quick decisions, thus often end up falling into trouble. So, the trick which you need to learn, understand and practice is to have patience and calmness within yourself so as to build a habit to react only after understanding the whole situation.

– Prashant Agarwal

added by prashantagarwal
3 years ago

This impulsive decision by the President has undone all the gains we've made, thrown the region into further chaos. Iran is licking their chops. And if I'm Monday Graham I've got a second lease on life. So to those who think ISIS has been defeated you will soon see.

– Monday Graham

Found on CNN
4 years ago

The relationship between surface acting and drinking after work was stronger for people who are impulsive or who lack personal control over behavior at work, if you're impulsive or constantly told how to do your job, it may be harder to rein in your emotions all day, and when you get home, you don't have that self-control to stop after one drink.

– Alicia Grandey

Found on CNN
5 years ago

If youre impulsive or constantly told how to do your job, it may be harder to rein in your emotions all day, and when you get home, you dont have that self-control to stop after one drink. nurses, for example, may amplify or fake their emotions for clear reasons.

– Alicia Grandey

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

The relationship between surface acting and drinking after work was stronger for people who are impulsive or who lack personal control over behavior at work, if youre impulsive or constantly told how to do your job, it may be harder to rein in your emotions all day, and when you get home, you dont have that self-control to stop after one drink.

– Alicia Grandey

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

China is clearly being impulsive here, they're lashing out and they're not interested in building any political capital with The Canadians, this plays very well to those nationalists in China who argue that arresting the Huawei Technologies executive was pushing China too far.

– James Zimmerman

Found on CNN
5 years ago

The drugs also tend to help with reducing impulsive behavior and reducing hyperactivity, or high activity levels, and those are the primary symptoms of ADHD, we've been studying drugs like Ritalin for over 50 years, and there are hundreds and hundreds of research studies on the impact of these medications on individuals with ADHD, and although there are side effects for sure.

– George DuPaul

Found on CNN
5 years ago

In our Impulsive nature to write and repulsive nature to read is what led to a decline in literary genius in our times!

– RAMANA PEMMARAJU

added by Ramana Pemmaraju
6 years ago

The risk is higher in these patients because they can be impulsive, so instead of being so depressed they ca n’t get out of bed, they might really see suicide as the only logical solution to stop the pain.

– John Oldham

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

We’ve heard the term misery loves company, people who complain or rant are made for each other. Think of observing couples who have been married for years go on outings wearing the same color sweater with khaki pants. Be prepared to see Kimye evolve as they grow closer. These impulsive Twitter behaviors are just the beginning of what’s yet to come. They are a sociologist’s dream couple.

– Lindsey Carnett

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

The thus far cautious diplomatic stance of the elder leaders in the royal family is being replaced by an impulsive interventionist policy.

– The BND

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

While millennials may have a tendency to be more impulsive about certain decisions, recent research leads me to believe that the majority are really trying to learn from what their parents went through and are using that knowledge to make informed financial choices.

– Marcy Keckler

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Young adults are far more impulsive, and that decreases as one ages.

– Cassandra Crifasi

Found on CNN
8 years ago

The peak use among adolescent boys, who are frequently diagnosed with ADHD and are also treated with stimulants, strongly suggests that antipsychotics are commonly used to treat impulsive aggression and other behavioral symptoms.

– Mark Olfson

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

That is one of his issues. Impulsive. The other is being a follower.

– Lorien Carter

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Teenagers are wired to feel emotional and to feel almost obsessive about things, and passionate and impulsive. So it makes sense biologically that they are this entrenched in 1D.

– Dannielle Miller

Found on CNN
9 years ago

I do not approach my life tactfully at all, i'm incredibly impulsive and I am definitely an intense weirdo. I love living and I love people. They trip me out and I want to know more about them all the time. That isn't something I can turn off and on.

– Kristen Stewart

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

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