The fear among economists across the political spectrum was that we were rapidly plummeting toward a second Great Depression. So in the weeks and months that followed, we undertook a series of difficult steps to prevent that outcome. And we were forced to take those steps, largely without the help of an opposition party, which, unfortunately, after having presided over the decision-making that had led to the crisis, decided to hand it over to others to solve. ~Barack Obama
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Gardens are not made by sitting in the shade. ~English Proverb
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A natural way that an economist approaches a problem is to say, here's where I think the economy is going; this is what we need to deal with the problem. ~Christina Romer
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The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter. ~Winston Churchill
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Now that our media companies and it appears are policies are traded for cash, what is there to check the continuing consolidation of power and diminishing of democracy? ~Joichi Ito
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Africa is our center of gravity, our cultural and spiritual mother and father, our beating heart, no matter where we live on the face of this earth. ~John Henrik Clarke
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Even a clock that does not work is right twice a day. ~Polish Proverb
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God delays but doesn't forget. ~Spanish proverb
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Braniac dumb-dumbs, bust the scientifical.
Approach to the course and the force is centrifugal. Can you find your way through the lyrics that be catching them? Throw another rhyme across the room, they be fetching them. ~Masta Ace
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You will never enjoy the sweetness of a quiet prayer unless you shut your mind to all worldly desires and temporal affairs. ~Norbert of Xanten
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One of life's greatest mysteries is how the boy who wasn't good enough to marry your daughter can be the father of the smartest grandchild in the world. ~Jewish proverb
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Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still. ~Chinese Proverb
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Representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of men they describe it from their own point of view, which they confuse with the absolute truth. ~Simone de Beauvoir
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Teachers who do not take their own education seriously, who do not study, who make little effort to keep abreast of events have no moral authority to coordinate the activities of the classroom. ~Paulo Freire
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Hopeful thinking can get you out of your fear zone and into your appreciation zone. ~Martha Nibley Beck
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Dig the well before you are thirsty. ~Chinese Proverb
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Men are like the stars; some generate their own light while others reflect the brilliance they receive. ~Jose Marti
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For all my criticisms of the current system, it doesn't mean that I would like to return to the old one. ~Helen Suzman
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In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's mind there are few. ~Zen Proverb
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In many ways, theatre is more rewarding for a writer. I used to think it was like painting a wall - that when the play is finished, it's done; but now I realise it's more like gardening; you plant the thing, then you have to constantly tend it. You're part of a thing that's living. ~Lee Hall
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What is told in the ear of a man is often heard hundred miles away. ~Chinese Proverb
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A man’s life is often builded on a proverb. ~Hebrew Proverb
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It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. ~Theodore Roosevelt
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You must create your own world. I am responsible for my world. ~Louise Berliawsky Nevelson
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A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study. ~Chinese Proverb
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