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• We're on the verge of a financial collapse unless we balance the budget, and that means some really, really tough decisions.

  Gary Johnson

  Mean, Decision, Balance

  "GOP Rivals Hit Obama on Foreign Policy Despite Bin Laden Killing, Hit Harder on Economy". www.foxnews.com. May 5, 2011.

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• My first policy move would be to try to get a conversation going in the US about what people stand for and what we really want. Do we want to keep adding people to the world and to our country until we move to a battery-chicken kind of existence and then collapse? Or do we want to think hard about what really is valuable to us, and figure out how many people we can supply that to sustainably?

  Paul R. Ehrlich

  Country, Moving, Thinking

  "Q&A: Paul Ehrlich". Interview with Jesse Finfrock, www.motherjones.com. 2008.

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• The more the history of the World War and what led up to it is studied, the more clearly those tragic years become revealed as a vast collapse of civilization.

  Arthur Henderson

  War, Years, Civilization

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• It may not seem like much, but think of the consequences. One overdue library book today, the collapse of the universe by the end of the week.

  Gareth Roberts

  Fun, Book, Thinking

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• I've always wanted to make a big apocalypse movie. I love 28 Weeks Later, I think it's great but Cell is totally different. It's about people's dependence on technology, the collapse of society and watching everything fall apart. That's something I've always wanted to do, which I believe it can!

  Eli Roth

  Believe, Fall, Technology

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• Being a journalist got me to meet with children who had witnessed all their beliefs, all their faith in the world collapse.

  Roselyne Bosch

  Children, World, Belief

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• Were it not for the consciousness of Christ in my life, hour by hour, I could not go on. But He is teaching me the glorious lessons of His sufficiency, and each day I am carried onward with no feeling of strain or fear of collapse.

  Hudson Taylor

  Teaching, Feelings, Each Day

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• Like in the paintings, there has to be moments that are completely right to be able to feel how wrong it is when the space gets flattened or the space collapses. It's the same with the technique in the sculptures: for some to feel really wrong, you have to have parts be really right.

  Francesca DiMattio

  Space, Technique, Sculpture

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• The economics of industrialized countries would collapse if women didn't do the work they do for free: According to economist Marilyn Waring, throughout the West it generates between 25 and 40 percent of the gross national product.

  Naomi Wolf

  Country, West, Economics

  Naomi Wolf (2009). “The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women”, p.23, Harper Collins

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• There's S-VOD, which is 3 1/2 months after the theatrical release. The windows are going to get closer and closer, and the sooner they collapse in my mind the better it'll be for everybody. It's coming, but change is hard. It will be more profitable for everybody, including exhibitors.

  Jason Blum

  Mind, Months, Window

  Source: deadline.com

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• In a nuclear age, and in an age of serious environmental degradation, apocalyptic belief creates a serious second order danger. The precarious logic of self-interest that saw us through the Cold War would collapse if the leaders of one nuclear state came to welcome, or ceased to fear mass death.

  Ian Mcewan

  War, Self, Order

  "The day of judgment, part two" by Ian McEwan, www.theguardian.com. May 31, 2008.

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• There's no denying that a collapse in stock prices today would pose serious macroeconomic challenges for the United States. Consumer spending would slow, and the U.S. economy would become less of a magnet for foreign investors. Economic growth, which in any case has recently been at unsustainable levels, would decline somewhat. History proves, however, that a smart central bank can protect the economy and the financial sector from the nastier side effects of a stock market collapse.

  Ben Bernanke

  Smart, Challenges, Growth

  "A Crash Course for Central Bankers" by Ben Bernanke, foreignpolicy.com. Novemeber 20, 2009.

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• Of course, uh, the universe is gradually slowing down and, uh, will eventually collapse inwardly on itself, according to the laws of entropy when all it's thermal and mechanical functions fail, thus rendering all human endeavors ultimately pointless. Just to put the gig in some sort of context.

  Bill Bailey

  Funny, Humor, Law

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• We have a freer world because of the collapse of the Soviet Union and the changes in China. Those two have been the main contributors to freedom in our time.

  Milton Friedman

  Two, World, Unions

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• I was planning on writing a detailed review of several books on web security tonight, but the Obama collapse has superseded my best-laid plans. Here’s another open thread for this important topic, as America wrestles with the issue of whether it would be a good idea to elect a President with a 20-year history of associating with people who hate America.

  Charles Foster Johnson

  Hate, Book, Writing

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• The countries that have risen and separated out as a result of the collapse of the Soviet Union are, on the whole, following freer economic policies. Most of these states have freer government and less restrictions on trade.

  Milton Friedman

  Country, Government, Unions

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• When the Jews leave Russia, Communism will collapse there. World Jewry is today relocating to America. Thus the real threat of Communism in America has just begun.

  Arnold Leese

  Real, Russia, America

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• If the positive innovations connect exponentially before the massive breakdowns reinforce one another, the system can re-pattern itself to a higher order of consciousness and freedom without the predicted economic, environmental, and social collapse...If the system could go either way, a slight intervention to assist the convergence of the positive can tip the scales of evolution in favor of the enhancement of life on Earth.

  Barbara Marx Hubbard

  Order, Innovation, Environmental

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• Corruption could lead to the collapse of the Party [Communist Party of China] and the downfall of the state [People's Republic of China].

  Xi Jinping

  Party, People, Republic

  "Opinion: Corruption as China's top priority" by Jaime A. FlorCruz, edition.cnn.com. January 7, 2013.

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• One must live in the middle of contradiction, because if all contradiction were eliminated at once, life would collapse. There are simply no definitive answers to some of the great pressing questions. You continue to live them out making your life a worthy expression of leaning into the light.

  Barry Lopez

  Light, Expression, Excellence

  "In 'Sliver Of Sky,' Barry Lopez Confronts Childhood Sexual Abuse". 'Fresh Air' with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. January 10, 2013.

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• I'll take the cemetery," Kane said. He didn't sound excited. Rather, he sounded resigned. "The club might collapse if I go.

  Gena Showalter

  Sound, Clubs, Might

  Gena Showalter (2016). “The Darkest Night”, p.139, HQN Books

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• When someone leaves you, apart from missing them, apart from the fact that the whole little world you've created together collapses, and that everything you see or do reminds you of them, the worst is the thought that they tried you out and, in the end, the whole sum of parts adds up to you got stamped REJECT by the one you love. How can you not be left with the personal confidence of a passed over British Rail sandwich?

  Helen Fielding

  Missing, Together, Add

  Helen Fielding (2016). “Bridget Jones's Diary: Picador Classic”, p.122, Pan Macmillan

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• True teachers are those who use themselves as bridges over which they invite their students to cross; then, having facilitated their crossing, joyfully collapse, encouraging them to create their own.

  Nikos Kazantzakis

  Inspirational, Education, Teacher

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• To make a resolution and act accordingly is to live with hope. There may be difficulties and hardships, but not disappointment or despair if you follow the path steadily. Do not hurry. This is a fundamental rule. If you hurry and collapse or tumble down, nothing is achieved. DO not rest in your efforts; this is another fundamental rule. Without stopping, without haste, carefully taking a step at a time forward will surely get you there.

  Shinichi Suzuki

  Disappointment, Effort, Despair

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• Yoga has trimmed my body in a way that the gym never could. I used to be a gym rat, but I switched to yoga and am now almost 10 pounds lighter. One important thing I've gotten from yoga is breathing. When I'm cooking, the top part of my body collapses down. It cuts off my diaphragm.

  Giada De Laurentiis

  Yoga, Cutting, Gym Rats

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