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Some think that by preparing to deal with crises you make them more likely. I think the wiser judgment is the contrary. In this area at least, if you want peace or stability, it's better to prepare for war or instability. ↗

— Timothy Geithner

#better #contrary #crises #deal #i

When I first started teaching at Berkeley in 1958, I could not announce that I was gay to anybody, though probably quite a few of my fellow teachers knew. ↗

— Thom Gunn

#anybody #berkeley #could #fellow #few

Osama bin Laden, the person, more likely serves the function of a stand-in. Compare the new terrorists with partisans or conventional terrorists in Israel. These people often fight in a decentralized manner in small, autonomous units, too. ↗

— Jurgen Habermas

#bin #compare #conventional #fight #function

Obviously, the greater the length of a war the higher is likely to be the number of casualties in it on either side. ↗

— Douglas Haig

#either #greater #higher #length #likely

That was always the difference between Muhammad Ali and the rest of us. He came, he saw, and if he didn't entirely conquer - he came as close as anybody we are likely to see in the lifetime of this doomed generation. ↗

— Hunter S. Thompson

#always #anybody #between #came #close

What happen to the pirates we are supposed to see? Then we go down the chutes, and it's where the pirates were. But they're all gone. There is nothing but skeletons down here! ↗

— John Hench

#go #gone #happen #here #nothing

I love the acting community at Cambridge. It's really quite committed and serious, since the days of Derek Jacobi and Ian McKellen right through to Emma Thompson and Hugh Laurie. ↗

— Tom Hiddleston

#cambridge #committed #community #days #derek

Some of the greatest actors have turned superheroes into a serious business: Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson in 'Batman'; Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart, the first venerable knights of the X-Men, who have now passed the baton to Michael Fassbender and James McAvoy. ↗

— Tom Hiddleston

#baton #business #first #greatest #ian

The parent knows instinctively that if they're working and setting an example for their child that means that child is more likely to be in school, more likely to stay out of trouble and more likely to complete their education. ↗

— John Engler

#complete #education #example #instinctively #knows

Musicians now find themselves in the unlikely position of being legitimate. At least the IRS thinks so. ↗

— Billy Joel

#find #irs #least #legitimate #musicians