#disaster

When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, "Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping." To this day, especially in times of "disaster," I remember my mother's words and I am always comforted by realizing that there are still so many helpers – so many caring people in this world. ↗

— Fred Rogers

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I try not to think about negative thoughts and possibilities and disaster and things like that. ↗

— Rory Cochrane

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In the middle of a recession, where we're just climbing out of it, where the economy -unemployment is still at 9.7 percent, the idea of raising taxes and reducing spending is a prescription for disaster. ↗

— Joe Biden

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Every decision is liberating, even if it leads to disaster. Otherwise, why do so many people walk upright and with open eyes into their misfortune? ↗

— Elias Canetti

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If we don't change, millions of American families are just one medical emergency, or one layoff, away from financial disaster and bankruptcy. ↗

— Jim Cooper

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European fisheries are a disaster. The American fisheries are well-kept. ↗

— Roger Daltrey

#disaster #european #fisheries

The environmental movement, like all political processes, reacts best to disasters. But these are very slow, very gradual disasters in the making. ↗

— Ted Danson

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If this is really it...if you're really done with me...will you let me hold you tonight? - Travis ↗

— Jamie McGuire

#beautiful #break-up #disaster #jamie #mcguire

Sometimes it takes a natural disaster to reveal a social disaster. ↗

— Jim Wallis

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It is always one's virtues and not one's vices that precipitate one into disaster. ↗

— Rebecca West

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