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“People rightly want our political leaders - on all sides - to concentrate on minimising the damage to jobs, living standards and our savings from the banking crisis.”

People Want Jobs Political Sides Leader Standards Crisis Saving Damage Banking Savings Political Leaders Banking Crisis

Author:Lucy Powell

“The world got side-tracked from development issues during the post-9/11 crisis period.”

World Sides Issues Development Periods Crisis Posts

Author:Jeffrey Sachs

“If the new military elite is anything like the old one, it would, in any great crisis, tend to side with the Old Order and defend the status quo, if necessary, by force. In the words of the standard police bulletin known to all radio listeners, These men are armed -and they may be dangerous.”

Ifs Men May Order Force Sides Known Military Dangerous Standards Police Crisis Radio Elites Listeners Status Quo

Author:Ferdinand Lundberg

“The frequency of divorce is extremely high after airplane hijackings. They're like crisis situations where suddenly you see a side of your partner that makes you think, "I don't want to continue living with this person anymore."”

Thinking Want Persons Sides Situation Crisis Divorce Partners Airplane Frequency Make You Think Hijacking

Author:Ruben Ostlund

“Fearful leaders side-step issues instead of dealing with them, cover up mistakes instead of owning up to mistakes; they skulk back into the shadows and hope that the crisis-whatever it is-will somehow blow over instead of facing their fears. Worse, they resort to lies and deception to cover up the truth.”

Lying Sides Mistake Leader Steps Issues Shadow Crisis Blow Deception Fearful Resorts Cover Ups

Author:Leon F. "Lee" Ellis

“I honestly have never been a guy to panic or freak out in the middle of a crisis. Growing up in the south side of Chicago will make you pretty resilient.”

Guy Sides Growing Up Growing Middle Crisis South Honestly Chicago Freak Panic Resilient

Author:Jonathan Sadowski

“Beside the two wars he inherited in Iraq and Afghanistan, and promised to end, a financial crisis at home had pushed the United States to the brink of another Great Depression. When we spoke with the new president in March of 2009, the economy was losing 800,000 jobs a month, the government was throwing hundreds of billions of dollars at failing banks, and the auto industry was on the verge of collapse. Politically pummeled from all sides, Obama did his best to keep a sense of humor.”

“The Greek tragedies and comedies are like a roadmap to all the ways in which trying to live this rich, full life can go wrong. You could get into a war. You could find that you have members of your family on the wrong side of a political crisis. You could be raped. You could find that your child has gone crazy because of some horrible experience she's had.”

“As many know, the Chinese expression for "crisis" consists of two characters side by side. The first is the symbol for "danger," the second the symbol for "opportunity."”

Knows Firsts Two Character Opportunity Sides Environment Danger Expression Crisis Symbols Chinese Global Warming Inspirational Environmental

Book:An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It

Source: An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It

“There is really no crisis except an artificial one...If the great American people will only keep their temper, on both sides of the line, the trouble will come to an end.”

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Author:Abraham Lincoln

“It's true that humanity has seen a succession of crises, wars and atrocities, but this negative side is offset by advances in technology and cultural exchanges.”

War Humanity Sides Technology Negative Crisis Succession Atrocities Cultural Exchange

Author:Abbe Pierre