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> [All disasters stem from us. Why is there a war? Perhaps because now and then I might be inclined to snap at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etty-hillesum/all-disasters-stem-from-us-why-is-there-a-war-perhaps-because-now-and/)

[Etty Hillesum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/etty-hillesum/)

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> [Be seriously involved with growing, with your own development, and never fear. Be the kind of person who is naturally powerful, positive,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-buckley/be-seriously-involved-with-growing-with-your-own-development-and/)

[Jeff Buckley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-buckley/)

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> [What opium is instilled into all disaster? It shows formidable as we approach it, but there is at last no rough rasping…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/what-opium-is-instilled-into-all-disaster-it-shows-formidable-as-we/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [One of the essential elements of government responsibility is to communicate effectively to the American people, especially in time of a potential…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vito-fossella/one-of-the-essential-elements-of-government-responsibility-is-to/)

[Vito Fossella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vito-fossella/)

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> [Hillary Clinton has really strong plans, in terms of the economy, extending health care even further, making education more affordable, making smart…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natalie-portman/hillary-clinton-has-really-strong-plans-in-terms-of-the-economy/)

[Natalie Portman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natalie-portman/)

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> [Soon after a disaster passes, we tend to turn our eyes away and focus our resources on the day-to-day, rather than on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheri-fink/soon-after-a-disaster-passes-we-tend-to-turn-our-eyes-away-and-focus/)

[Sheri Fink](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheri-fink/)

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> [The disaster at the Bay of Pigs intensified Kennedy's doubts about listening to advisers from the CIA, the Pentagon, or the State…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-dallek/the-disaster-at-the-bay-of-pigs-intensified-kennedy-s-doubts-about/)

[Robert Dallek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-dallek/)

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> [America has a history of political isolation and economic self-sufficiency; its citizens have tended to regard the rest of the world as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alison-lurie/america-has-a-history-of-political-isolation-and-economic-self/)

[Alison Lurie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alison-lurie/)

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> [Increasingly gang violence and organized crime, together with climate change-driven natural disasters, are displacing more people as wars are fewer on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-egeland/increasingly-gang-violence-and-organized-crime-together-with-climate/)

[Jan Egeland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-egeland/)

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> [My mom once told me that when I see tragic disasters and accidents that to look for the good. People are always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marisa-stein/my-mom-once-told-me-that-when-i-see-tragic-disasters-and-accidents/)

[Marisa Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marisa-stein/)

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> [Most history is a record of the triumphs, disasters, and follies of top people. The black hole in it is the way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-howard-20th-earl-of-arundel/most-history-is-a-record-of-the-triumphs-disasters-and-follies-of-top/)

[Philip Howard, 20th Earl of Arundel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-howard-20th-earl-of-arundel/)

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> [“If disaster, so be it, they said to themselves. There was nothing to be done except what could be done. The rest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-guterson/if-disaster-so-be-it-they-said-to-themselves-there-was-nothing-to-be/)

[David Guterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-guterson/)

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> [The notion that aid can alleviate systemic poverty, and has done so, is a myth. Millions in Africa are poorer today because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dambisa-moyo/the-notion-that-aid-can-alleviate-systemic-poverty-and-has-done-so-is/)

[Dambisa Moyo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dambisa-moyo/)

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> [If you think about disaster, you will get it. Brood about death and you hasten your demise. Think positively and masterfully, with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/if-you-think-about-disaster-you-will-get-it-brood-about-death-and-you/)

[Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/)

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> [Obamacare is a disaster. You have to remember, Obamacare doesn't work. So we are putting in a wonderful plan. It statutorily takes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-trump/obamacare-is-a-disaster-you-have-to-remember-obamacare-doesn-t-work/)

[Donald Trump](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-trump/)

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> [We have become a society that can't self-correct, that can't address its obvious problems, that can't pull out of its nosedive. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-frank/we-have-become-a-society-that-can-t-self-correct-that-can-t-address/)

[Thomas Frank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-frank/)

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> [He led the state through a budget crisis, natural disasters, and political turmoil, working across party lines for a better environment, election…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arnold-schwarzenegger/he-led-the-state-through-a-budget-crisis-natural-disasters-and/)

[Arnold Schwarzenegger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arnold-schwarzenegger/)

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> [I think that we see some cities that have developed living wage ordinances. I think that we see some efforts to actually…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-minow/i-think-that-we-see-some-cities-that-have-developed-living-wage/)

[Martha Minow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-minow/)

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> [So disasters come not singly; But as if they watched and waited, Scanning one another's motions, When the first descends, the others…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/so-disasters-come-not-singly-but-as-if-they-watched-and-waited/)

[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/)

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> [ \[Religion is a\] primitive insurance against disaster. ... Originally religion was merely a function of the self-preservative instinct. Offer sacrifices to the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rose-macaulay/religion-is-a-primitive-insurance-against-disaster-originally/)

[Rose Macaulay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rose-macaulay/)

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> [But by showing us live coverage of every bad thing happening everywhere in the world, cable news makes life seem like it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregg-easterbrook/but-by-showing-us-live-coverage-of-every-bad-thing-happening/)

[Gregg Easterbrook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregg-easterbrook/)

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> [Panic is rare, looting is essentially insignificant, people are not terrified and trampling each other to flee from a disaster scene, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-solnit/panic-is-rare-looting-is-essentially-insignificant-people-are-not/)

[Rebecca Solnit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-solnit/)

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> [“But oh, the perils of leadership in a species so anxious to be told what to do. How little they knew of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-herbert/but-oh-the-perils-of-leadership-in-a-species-so-anxious-to-be-told/)

[Frank Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-herbert/)

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> [If a certain country conducts uranium-related activities in a certain plant, the bombing of that plant is forbidden. If such a disaster…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gholam-reza-aghazadeh/if-a-certain-country-conducts-uranium-related-activities-in-a-certain/)

[Gholam Reza Aghazadeh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gholam-reza-aghazadeh/)

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> [If you can wait, and not be tired by waiting ... if you can dream, and not make dreams your master; if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudyard-kipling/if-you-can-wait-and-not-be-tired-by-waiting-if-you-can-dream-and-not/)

[Rudyard Kipling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudyard-kipling/)

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> [“Let's get something straight; you're not a piece of shit, you're amazing. It doesn't matter who buys me drinks, or who asks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamie-mcguire/let-s-get-something-straight-you-re-not-a-piece-of-shit-you-re/)

[Jamie McGuire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamie-mcguire/)

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> [When anyone asks me how I can best describe my experiences of nearly forty years at sea, I merely say uneventful. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-smith/when-anyone-asks-me-how-i-can-best-describe-my-experiences-of-nearly/)

[Edward Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-smith/)

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> [“Sobs force their way out of my throat. I feel like I’m trapped in a disaster movie where everything is shriveling into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-stokes/sobs-force-their-way-out-of-my-throat-i-feel-like-i-m-trapped-in-a/)

[Paula Stokes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-stokes/)

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> [I would hate now to be married. It does occur to me on occasion that, if I fall and hit my head,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-bacall/i-would-hate-now-to-be-married-it-does-occur-to-me-on-occasion-that/)

[Lauren Bacall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-bacall/)

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> [Sam Nunn might bring us Georgia and maybe even another Southern state but, in my opinion, at an unacceptable cost to our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mixner/sam-nunn-might-bring-us-georgia-and-maybe-even-another-southern-state/)

[David Mixner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mixner/)

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> [Art is the pure realization of religious feeling, capacity for faith, longing for God. ... The ability to believe is our outstanding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerhard-richter/art-is-the-pure-realization-of-religious-feeling-capacity-for-faith/)

[Gerhard Richter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerhard-richter/)

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> [Bargains are the holy grail of the true stockpicker. The fact that 10 to 30 percent of our net worth is lost…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-lynch/bargains-are-the-holy-grail-of-the-true-stockpicker-the-fact-that-10/)

[Peter Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-lynch/)

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> [This is part of the involuntary bargain we make with the world just by being alive. We get to experiences the splendor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-greenfield/this-is-part-of-the-involuntary-bargain-we-make-with-the-world-just/)

[Jeff Greenfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-greenfield/)

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> [These early decisions can foreclose many opportunities to reshape the patterns of development in a community so as to make it better…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-schwab/these-early-decisions-can-foreclose-many-opportunities-to-reshape-the/)

[Jim Schwab](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-schwab/)

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> [The last time I went to a festival without a hat, two things happened. One: I got sunstroke. Secondly, I had to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamie-cullum/the-last-time-i-went-to-a-festival-without-a-hat-two-things-happened/)

[Jamie Cullum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamie-cullum/)

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> [For years, my early work with Roger Penrose seemed to be a disaster for science. It showed that the universe must have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hawking/for-years-my-early-work-with-roger-penrose-seemed-to-be-a-disaster/)

[Stephen Hawking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-hawking/)

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> [In the 1990s, it's OK to do comedy about the Chernobyl disaster or the Space Shuttle blowing up. It's acceptable to ridicule…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-kinison/in-the-1990s-it-s-ok-to-do-comedy-about-the-chernobyl-disaster-or-the/)

[Sam Kinison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-kinison/)

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> [As human, we all have the same human potential, unless there is some sort of retarded brain function. The wonderful human brain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama/as-human-we-all-have-the-same-human-potential-unless-there-is-some/)

[Dalai Lama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama/)

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> [It's not like you take the right turning and you get everlasting happiness and you take the wrong one and your life's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marian-keyes/it-s-not-like-you-take-the-right-turning-and-you-get-everlasting/)

[Marian Keyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marian-keyes/)

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> [When shall we see poets born? After a time of disasters and great misfortunes, when harrowed nations begin to breathe again. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/denis-diderot/when-shall-we-see-poets-born-after-a-time-of-disasters-and-great/)

[Denis Diderot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/denis-diderot/)

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                        "text": "The notion that aid can alleviate systemic poverty, and has done so, is a myth. Millions in Africa are poorer today because of aid; misery and poverty have not ended but increased. Aid has been, and continues to be, an unmitigated political, economic, and humanitarian disaster for most parts of the developing world.",
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