#crises

As major orchestras around the world are gripped in various kinds of crises and upheaval, we need to be sure that we are bringing up this new generation. ↗

— James Levine

#bringing #crises #generation #gripped #kinds

For long, history was mainly political history, and historical narrative was confined to an account of the most important crises in political life, or to an account of wars and great generals. ↗

— Michael Rostovtzeff

#confined #crises #generals #great #historical

We are inheriting the worst financial system since the Depression. We're inheriting a situation - when people go back and study major banking crises a quarter century from now, the one that America developed in 2007 and 2008 is going to be one of those crises. ↗

— Lawrence Summers

#back #banking #century #crises #depression

In crises, the old is dying and the new has not been born. Hence, the revolts we are witnessing in Egypt and Tunisia, which may yet extend to other countries in the region, are full of uncertainties. ↗

— Jose Maria Aznar

#born #countries #crises #dying #egypt

He had noticed that events were cowards: they didn't occur singly, but instead they would run in packs and leap out at him all at once. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#running

In short, our response as a party should be to work to solve the crises that produce crisis pregnancies, and work to make life worth living for mother and child, rather than victimize the child as a way of dealing with the crisis. ↗

— Robert Casey

#crises #crisis #dealing #life #living

Financial crises require governments. ↗

— Timothy Geithner

#financial #financial crises #governments #require

In these troubled, uncertain times, we don't need more command and control; we need better means to engage everyone's intelligence in solving challenges and crises as they arise. ↗

— Margaret J. Wheatley

#better #challenges #command #control #crises

We're in danger of breaking our army and preventing our national leaders from having the flexibility to confront not just Iraq and Afghanistan, but crises around the globe. ↗

— Jack Reed

#army #around #breaking #confront #crises

The best way to begin genuine bipartisanship to make America stronger is to work together on the real crises facing our country, not to manufacture an artificial crisis to serve a special interest agenda out of touch with the needs of Americans. ↗

— John F. Kerry

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