#brink

It's haunting to realize that half of the languages of the world are teetering on the brink of extinction. ↗

— Wade Davis

#extinction #half #haunting #languages #realize

If I had my way, if I was lucky enough, if I could be on the brink my entire life - that great sense of expectation and excitement without the disappointment - that would be the perfect state. ↗

— Cate Blanchett

#could #disappointment #enough #entire #entire life

Without an advocate for the poor, without a new state of mind in America, the country lies on the brink of anarchy. ↗

— Louis Farrakhan

#america #anarchy #brink #country #lies

According to the papers, I'm miserable, alienated, and on the brink of resignation. But that's simply not where I am. ↗

— Vince Cable

#alienated #am #brink #i #i am

President Obama inherited a broken country mired in two wars, a financial crisis, a mortgage mess and more than we all probably even know about and has in my opinion brought us back from the brink. But I still see my friends in no better shape and the gap widening. ↗

— Don Cheadle

#back #better #brink #broken #brought

How many times do you take yourself to the brink of complete collapse? It's not a real fun place to go. ↗

— Bryan Clay

#collapse #complete #fun #go #how

We walked to the brink and we looked it in the face. ↗

— John Foster Dulles

#face #looked #walked

The middle class is teetering on the brink of collapse just as surely as AIG was in the fall of 2009 - only this time, it's not just one giant insurance company (and its banking counterparties) facing disaster, it's tens of millions of hardworking Americans who played by the rules. ↗

— Arianna Huffington

#brink #class #collapse #company #disaster

If I drive myself to the brink of my ability, then I don't get stale or bored. ↗

— Dean Koontz

#bored #brink #drive #get #i

This book, conceived in sorrow, composed in grief, and constructed at the brink of despair, contains my mind's best thoughts, and my soul's triumph over the powers of darkness. ↗

— Isaac Mayer Wise

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