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#accident

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Here is the secret to surviving one of these [airplane] crashes: Be male. In a 1970 Civil Aeromedical institute study of three crashes involving emergency evacuations, the most prominent factor influencing survival was gender (followed closely by proximity to exit). Adult males were by far the most likely to get out alive. Why? Presumably because they pushed everyone else out of the way.


Mary Roach


#survival #gender

The Communist regime didn't consider this to be a shining moment in history and assigned no heroism to it. They classified it as merely an accident.


Kathryn Bigelow


#assigned #classified #communist #consider #heroism

Foolish men imagine that because judgment for an evil thing is delayed, there is no justice; but only accident here below. Judgment for an evil thing is many times delayed some day or two, some century or two, but it is sure as life, it is sure as death.


Thomas Carlyle


#because #below #century #day #death

Michael Jackson is the ultimate traffic accident. People can't take their eyes off him.


Jeff Zucker


#eyes #him #jackson #michael #michael jackson

There is a limit to the application of democratic methods. You can inquire of all the passengers as to what type of car they like to ride in, but it is impossible to question them as to whether to apply the brakes when the train is at full speed and accident threatens.


Leon Trotsky


#application #apply #brakes #car #democratic

As a footballer I can't imagine life without the use of one of my legs... Sadly this is exactly what happens to thousands of children every year when they accidentally step on a landmine.


Ryan Giggs


#children #every #exactly #footballer #happens

When I lost my friends, it was because I had used the power of giving on them recklessly. I swept into their lives with my big fat checkbook, and I erased years of obstacles for them overnight - but sometimes, in the process, I also accidentally erased years of dignity.


Elizabeth Gilbert


#also #because #big #dignity #erased

Well, it was kind of accidental that Jim started playing with us, although it wasn't sudden... we hadn't really looked around to think who could be a fifth member.


Kim Gordon


#although #around #could #fifth #hadn

Since our complex societies are highly susceptible to interferences and accidents, they certainly offer ideal opportunities for a prompt disruption of normal activities.


Jurgen Habermas


#activities #certainly #complex #disruption #highly

There are no greater treasures than the highest human qualities such as compassion, courage and hope. Not even tragic accident or disaster can destroy such treasures of the heart.


Daisaku Ikeda


#compassion #courage #destroy #disaster #even






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