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title: "3 Emergencies Quotes By Amanda Ripley"
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> [A lot of the time you see a warning, in the subway, or in a movie theater, the main thrust of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-ripley/a-lot-of-the-time-you-see-a-warning-in-the-subway-or-in-a-movie/)

[Amanda Ripley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-ripley/)

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> [Women in particular seem to say things like, "I'm sure I'd be the one screaming and not moving in an emergency." I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-ripley/women-in-particular-seem-to-say-things-like-i-m-sure-i-d-be-the-one/)

[Amanda Ripley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-ripley/)

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> [Citizens are not prepared for attacks because there is a bias against the public by nearly every expert and government official. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-ripley/citizens-are-not-prepared-for-attacks-because-there-is-a-bias-against/)

[Amanda Ripley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-ripley/)

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## Other authors on Emergencies

## More by Amanda Ripley

> [Well, there isn't any one profile of a survivor, but there are profiles. Depending on the disaster you have certain advantages and disadvantages just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-ripley/well-there-isn-t-any-one-profile-of-a-survivor-but-there-are-profiles/)

[Amanda Ripley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-ripley/)

> [“Kids meet the expectations you set for them,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-ripley/kids-meet-the-expectations-you-set-for-them/)

[Amanda Ripley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-ripley/)

> [Resilience is a precious skill. People who have it tend to also have three underlying advantages: a believe that they can influence life events;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-ripley/resilience-is-a-precious-skill-people-who-have-it-tend-to-also-have/)

[Amanda Ripley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-ripley/)

> [ By sort of combining the research of a lot of smart people, I came up with an equation for dread \[dread=uncontrollability+unfamiliarity+imaginability+suffering+scale of destruction+unfairness\]. The… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-ripley/by-sort-of-combining-the-research-of-a-lot-of-smart-people-i-came-up/)

[Amanda Ripley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-ripley/)

> [The one thread that was most surprising and most consistent was the lack of fear that people felt at the worst moment. They felt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-ripley/the-one-thread-that-was-most-surprising-and-most-consistent-was-the/)

[Amanda Ripley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-ripley/)

> [“Since 9/11, the U.S. government has sent over $23 billion to states and cities in the name of homeland security. Almost none of that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-ripley/since-9-11-the-u-s-government-has-sent-over-23-billion-to-states-and/)

[Amanda Ripley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-ripley/)

> [“One thing was clear: To give our kids the kind of education they deserved, we had to first agree that rigor mattered most of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-ripley/one-thing-was-clear-to-give-our-kids-the-kind-of-education-they/)

[Amanda Ripley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-ripley/)

> [“Everywhere I went, in every country, people complained about their education system. It was a universal truth and a strangely reassuring one. No one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-ripley/everywhere-i-went-in-every-country-people-complained-about-their/)

[Amanda Ripley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-ripley/)

> [My anxiety about disasters is lower. The more you know, the less scary any of this stuff is. And that's my hope for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-ripley/my-anxiety-about-disasters-is-lower-the-more-you-know-the-less-scary/)

[Amanda Ripley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-ripley/)

> [“In almost every other developed country, the schools with the poorest students had more teachers per student; the opposite was true in only four…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-ripley/in-almost-every-other-developed-country-the-schools-with-the-poorest/)

[Amanda Ripley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-ripley/)

> [“These days, we tend to think of disasters as acts of God and government. Regular people only feature into the equation as victims, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-ripley/these-days-we-tend-to-think-of-disasters-as-acts-of-god-and/)

[Amanda Ripley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-ripley/)

> [“Statistically speaking, tracking tended to diminish learning and boost inequality wherever it was tried. In general, the younger tracking happened, the worse the entire…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-ripley/statistically-speaking-tracking-tended-to-diminish-learning-and-boost/)

[Amanda Ripley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-ripley/)

> [“Economists had found an almost one-to-one match between PISA scores and a nation's long term economic growth. Many other things influenced economic growth, of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-ripley/economists-had-found-an-almost-one-to-one-match-between-pisa-scores/)

[Amanda Ripley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-ripley/)

> [Narrative is the beginning of recovery.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-ripley/narrative-is-the-beginning-of-recovery/)

[Amanda Ripley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-ripley/)

> [“The Iron Child culture was contagious; it was hard for kids and parents to resist the pressure to study more and more. But all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-ripley/the-iron-child-culture-was-contagious-it-was-hard-for-kids-and/)

[Amanda Ripley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-ripley/)

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