Imbalance Quotes

• There's nothing clinically wrong with me, only an emotional imbalance - I pass too quickly from the wildest enthusiasm to the blackest despair.

  Henri Matisse

  Emotional, Despair, Enthusiasm

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  An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.

  Plutarch

  Freedom, Tyrants, Economic Inequality

  "When Inequality Isn't" by John Mauldin, www.forbes.com. March 29, 2014.

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• The imbalance between developed and underdeveloped countries - caused by the relationships of dependence - becomes more acute if the cultural point of view is taken into consideration.

  Gustavo Gutiérrez

  Country, Taken, Views

  Gustavo Gutiérrez (1988). “A theology of liberation: history, politics, and salvation”

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• Eventually, if you're lucky in life, you find someone with the same chemical imbalance you have.

  Robert Breault

  Relationship, Lucky, People In Your Life

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• To try to correct imbalances with trade restrictions is a grave error.

  Rodrigo Rato

  Errors, Trying, Restriction

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• People might say I'm difficult, but did you ever hear anyone describe a label as 'difficult'? By nature, artists should challenge. When they call you difficult, it is a reflection of the imbalance of power.

  Michelle Shocked

  Artist, Reflection, Tyrants

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• At every turn when there has been an imbalance of power, the truth questioned, or our beliefs and values distorted, the change required to restore our nation has always come from the bottom up from our people.

  Howard Dean

  Change, People, Beliefs And Values

  "Bio: Howard Dean". www.foxnews.com. August 27, 2003.

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• I see more people taking on the cloak of accountability, more people tiring of the blame game. If we are all connected and our actions in Australia affect us in Istanbul, then we are all to blame and all to be healers. We can't blame lawyers anymore for the 'liability' vs. common sense imbalance.

  Jane Siberry

  Istanbul, Games, Australia

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• I have a chemical imbalance that, in its most extreme state, will lead me to a mental hospital.

  Carrie Fisher

  Chemicals, States, Leading Me

  "PrimeTime: Carrie Fisher Interview". "PrimeTime" with Diane Sawyer, abcnews.go.com. December 21, 2000.

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• The misogyny that is in every culture is not a true part of the human condition. It is life out of balance, and that imbalance is sucking something out of the soul of every man and woman who's confronted with it.

  Joss Whedon

  Men, Soul, Balance

  Equality Now Tribute Address, delivered 15 May 2006, Men on the Front Lines Honoree

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• It is remarkable how many misconceptions there are here about life in the developing world and I think that that knowledge gap has done a lot to contribute to the imbalance quite frankly.

  Emma Thompson

  Thinking, Tyrants, Gaps

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• The degree of leverage now being reversed is on a staggering scale, and the underlying global imbalances – notably between the savers and the spenders – will require long and painful adjustment.

  Vince Cable

  Pain, Long, Degrees

  "The Storm: The World Economic Crisis and What It Means".

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• Well, a deficit reflects an imbalance between spending and revenue, and so narrowing it requires acting on one, the other or both.

  Peter R. Orszag

  Acting, Spending, Revenue

  "The Situation Room" with Wolf Blitzer, www.realclearpolitics.com. November 12, 2009.

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• The major economic policy challenges facing the nation today - pick your favorites among the usual suspects of low public and household savings, concerns about educational quality and achievement, high and rising income inequality, the large imbalances between our social insurance commitments and resources - are not about monetary policy.

  Timothy Geithner

  Educational, Commitment, Economic Inequality

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• There's a new science out called orthomolecular medicine. You correct the chemical imbalance with amino acids and vitamins and minerals that are naturally in the body

  Margot Kidder

  Tyrants, Vitamins And Minerals, Medicine

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• Bipartisanship helps to avoid extremes and imbalances. It causes compromises and accommodations. So let's cooperate.

  Zbigniew Brzezinski

  Two Extremes, Causes, Helping

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• Monetary policy itself cannot sensibly be directed at reducing imbalances.

  Timothy Geithner

  Reducing, Policy, Monetary

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• The securities laws of the 1930s were so important because it forced companies to file registration statements and issue prospectuses, and it remedied the imbalance of information.

  Ron Chernow

  Law, Tyrants, Issues

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• Let's face it. Umpiring is not an easy or happy way to make a living. In the abuse they suffer, and the pay they get for it, you see an imbalance that can only be explained by their need to stay close to a game they can't resist.

  Bob Uecker

  Sports, Games, Tyrants

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• The American polity is infected with a serious imbalance of power between elites and masses, a power which is the principal threat to our democracy.

  Paul Wellstone

  Power, Tyrants, Political

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• Despite the encouraging and wonderful gains and the changes for women which have occurred in my lifetime, there is still room to advance and to promote correction of the remaining deficiencies and imbalances.

  Sandra Day O'Connor

  Rooms, Gains, Wonderful

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• The things we fear most in organizations - fluctuations, disturbances,
  imbalances - are the primary sources of creativity.

  Margaret J. Wheatley

  Inspirational, Fear, Business

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• Melting our attachment to self is the most powerful medication for bringing mental and emotional imbalances in check.

  Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche

  Powerful, Emotional, Attachment

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• There is no such thing as a chemical imbalance.

  Tom Cruise

  Chemicals

  "I'm passionate about life". Interview with Matt Lauer, www.today.com. June 24, 2005.

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• There's always an imbalance with actors and actresses in the industry. And I think because there are just fewer movies overall being made, it's that trickle down effect.

  Michelle Pfeiffer

  Movie, Thinking, Actresses

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