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Crisis Quotes

"Crisis is what suppressed pain looks like, it always comes to the surface. It shakes you into reflection and healing."

"Crisis is what suppressed pain looks like, it always comes to the surface. It shakes you into reflection and healing."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Crisis, Truth, Wisdom, Power, Life

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"Stay in your boats, Dahra said. "We're still going to need food. Throw your fish onto the dock. I'll get Albert to send someone here to collect it. Then go back out, row up the coast a little ways, and camp out."Camp out? Quinn echoed."Yes!"You're serious."No, it's my idea of a joke, Quinn, Dahra snapped. "Pookie just coughed up a lung and fell over dead. You understand what I'm saying? I mean he coughed his actual lungs out of his mouth."

"Stay in your boats, Dahra said. "We're still going to need food. Throw your fish onto the dock. I'll get Albert to send someone here to collect it. Then go back out, row up the coast a little ways, and camp out."Camp out? Quinn echoed."Yes!"You're serious."No, it's my idea of a joke, Quinn, Dahra snapped. "Pookie just coughed up a lung and fell over dead. You understand what I'm saying? I mean he coughed his actual lungs out of his mouth."

Michael Grant, American Author

Crisis, Urgency, Leadership, Survival

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"The crisis that the world finds itself in as it swings on the hinge of a new millennium is located in something deeper than particular ways of organizing political systems and economies."

"The crisis that the world finds itself in as it swings on the hinge of a new millennium is located in something deeper than particular ways of organizing political systems and economies."

Huston Smith, American Theologian

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"The crisis of today is the joke of tomorrow."

"The crisis of today is the joke of tomorrow."

H. G. Wells, English Author

Crisis, Today, Tomorrow

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"Progressive rhetoric has the effect of concealing social crisis and moral breakdown by presenting them as the birth pangs of a new order."

"Progressive rhetoric has the effect of concealing social crisis and moral breakdown by presenting them as the birth pangs of a new order."

Christopher Lasch, American Historian

Crisis, Effect, Order, Rhetoric

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"Modern society is a biological disaster masquerading as progress."

"Modern society is a biological disaster masquerading as progress."

Steven Magee, British Author

Crisis, Society, Danger, Health, Truth

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"Crisis is Good. Crisis is a Messenger."

"Crisis is Good. Crisis is a Messenger."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Crisis, Truth, Inspirational, Wisdom, Power

4

"The Industrial Revolution appears to be in its final stages and it will be remembered as a time where industrial stock markets were at historic highs at the same time that many natural processes were shutting down, including the next generation of humans."

"The Industrial Revolution appears to be in its final stages and it will be remembered as a time where industrial stock markets were at historic highs at the same time that many natural processes were shutting down, including the next generation of humans."

Steven Magee, British Author

Crisis, Economy, Nature, History, Future

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"The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis.' One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger--but recognize the opportunity."

"The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis.' One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger--but recognize the opportunity."

John F. Kennedy, American President

Crisis, Danger, Opportunity, Awareness

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"I'm trying to keep your safe!" Puck exploded, whirling on me. His eyes feverish, and I shrank back. "This isn't a game, Meghan! The shit is about to hit the fan, and you're right in the middle of it without knowing enough to duck!"

"I'm trying to keep your safe!" Puck exploded, whirling on me. His eyes feverish, and I shrank back. "This isn't a game, Meghan! The shit is about to hit the fan, and you're right in the middle of it without knowing enough to duck!"

Julie Kagawa, American Author

Crisis, Protection, Danger, Urgency, Responsibility

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"If you don't have a spiritual practice in place when times are good, you can't expect to suddenly develop one during a moment of crisis."

"If you don't have a spiritual practice in place when times are good, you can't expect to suddenly develop one during a moment of crisis."

Doug Coupland, Canadian Author

Crisis, Practice, Spiritual

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"The epitome of our life force turns on the seam where our tempered idealistic expectations meet the annealed exigencies fueling the cataclysm of a pressing personal crisis. Many of us do not decipher who we are and what we truly cherish until we experience the terror of an inconsolable loss. Failure and suffering lead to self-scrutiny."

"The epitome of our life force turns on the seam where our tempered idealistic expectations meet the annealed exigencies fueling the cataclysm of a pressing personal crisis. Many of us do not decipher who we are and what we truly cherish until we experience the terror of an inconsolable loss. Failure and suffering lead to self-scrutiny."

Kilroy J. Oldster, American Author

Crisis, Life, Force, Expectation

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"The purpose of this lectchoor is to let you know where we are. We are in the deep cack. It couldn't be worse if it was raining arseholes. Any questions?"

"The purpose of this lectchoor is to let you know where we are. We are in the deep cack. It couldn't be worse if it was raining arseholes. Any questions?"

Terry Pratchett, English Author

Crisis, Humor, Truth, Regret, Power

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