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title: "3 Takes Crisis Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [Sometimes it takes a crisis for people to agree that what is obvious and should have been done years ago, can no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-brown/sometimes-it-takes-a-crisis-for-people-to-agree-that-what-is-obvious/)

[Gordon Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-brown/)

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> [The longer it takes you to see a crisis for what it truly is, the disproportionately worse it's likely to get.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-longer-it-takes-you-to-see-a-crisis-for-what-it-truly-is-the/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e26/anonymous-1_quote_the-longer-it-takes-you-to-see-a-crisis_1566241.jpg)

> [Unlike other essential goods, like clothing, shelter, or food, we take cheap or even free water for granted. It often takes a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jose-angel-gurria/unlike-other-essential-goods-like-clothing-shelter-or-food-we-take/)

[Jose Angel Gurria](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jose-angel-gurria/)

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