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"It never occurred to me that we would have as grandiose a program as the Marshall Plan, but I felt that we had to do something to save Europe from economic disaster which would encourage the Communist takeover."
"We had had several mine disasters where workers, some of the workers were rescued. It was, you know, who was lucky and who weren't. Some would find the air pockets But, in this one, bam, it was just, everybody was gone and it greatly depressed the state."
"Turning the Internet over to the U.N. or some other phony international organization would be a disaster, and I am not willing to stand by and let it happen."
"There are no quick fixes to Indigenous poverty and social disaster."
"The Fukushima nuclear complex went on to become the worst man-made engineering disaster in all of human history, outside of war."
"The biggest stories in 2005 were the national disasters."
"Lebanon was under Israeli occupation, up to its capital, but we did not consider that a disaster. Why? Because it was very clear that there are ways to resist."
"You know, when something like, even like a coal mine disaster, or something like this, you think that well everybody's going to make a run to be able to get out, but it happened to fast that they were just all dead."
Explore more quotes by Xun Zi
"The petty man is eager to make boasts, yet desires that others should believe in him. He enthusiastically engages in deception, yet wants others to have affection for him. He conducts himself like an animal, yet wants others to think well of him."
"When you concentrate on agriculture and industry and are frugal in expenditures, Heaven cannot impoverish your state."
"If what the heart approves conforms to proper patterns, then even if one's desires are many, what harm would they be to good order?"
"If knowledge and foresight are too penetrating and deep, unify them with ease and sincerity."
"If the gentleman has ability, he is magnanimous, generous, tolerant, and straightforward, through which he opens the way to instruct others."
"If the quickness of the mind and the fluency of the tongue are too punctilious and sharp, moderate them in your activity and rest."
"In order to properly understand the big picture, everyone should fear becoming mentally clouded and obsessed with one small section of truth."
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