Solutions Quotes - Page 18

• When I was in London a Kachin youth criticized me for not condemning the Burmese military for their offensive in Kachin State. I answered "condemnation is not the solution." We want to build reconciliation, not condemnation.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Military, Want, London

  Source: www.voanews.com

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• The voice of God does not pander, offers no five-year plan, no long-term
  solution, nary an edict. It is small & fond & local. Don't look for your initials in the geese
  honking overhead or to see thru the glass even darkly. It says the most obvious crap - put down that gun, you need a sandwich.

  Mary Karr

  Gun, Years, Voice

  Source: www.commonwealmagazine.org

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• Reagan said that government is not the solution to our problems, government is the problem. And he was going to dismantle that government. Well, long story short, he failed to do that. He built up the military to a much greater status, more people in it, and actually more employees after the end of the Reagan administration. And, to achieve his objectives, he did some of the very same things that Trump is doing to achieve his. What Ronald Reagan really wanted to dismantle was the welfare state. And he had limited success in doing that.

  Brian Balogh

  Military, Government, Long

  Source: www.npr.org

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• [The conversation with John McCain] is not about being a pacifist or- suggesting that you can never have a military solution to things. It's just that, it appears that this is not the smart way to fight this threat.

  Jon Stewart

  Military, Smart, Fighting

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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• From 1962 to 1965 the US was dedicated to try to prevent the independence of South Vietnam, the reason was of course that Kennedy and Johnson knew that if any political solution was permitted in the south, the National Liberation Front would effectively come to power, so strong was its political support in comparison with the political support of the so-called South Vietnamese government.

  Noam Chomsky

  Strong, Government, Support

  Source: chomsky.info

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• My dad died when I was young. He was a good and decent man. There are a few things he would say that have just always stuck with me. He'd say, "Son, you're either part of the problem or part of the solution." Well, regrettably, President Obama has become part of the problem, and Mitt Romney is the solution.

  Paul Ryan

  Dad, Son, Men

  "'An Extreme Choice' -- What Two of Wisconsin's Leading Progressive Journalists Think About Mitt Romney's Pick of Paul Ryan" by Amy Goodman, Matthew Rothschild, John Nichols, www.alternet.org. August 13, 2012.

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• While not all men are sexist, all women face the impact of sexism in some way, so the point is there's a massive problem to be solved, and you can be a big part of the solution.

  Laura Bates

  Men, Impact, Way

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• If you [want to] change something, come talk to me. It's the easiest solution.

  Jake Allen

  Want, Talk To Me, Ifs

  Source: www.cbc.ca

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• I'm so thankful a significant majority of Americans are saying no to military intervention. We've got to find a solution that will in the end be one that makes Syria a better country, a better people.

  Desmond Tutu

  Country, Military, People

  Source: sojo.net

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• What is tragic today is that there is a number of Muslims who think that all the solutions are to be found simply by external actions. They don't have to do anything within themselves. This is a deeply Western idea - modern, Western idea, where you try to improve the world without improving yourself. And this is what the Muslims who talk about others putting their heads in the sand and that "We are doing jihad and we are political" and so forth, they are emulating a very important mistake of modernism.

  Seyyed Hossein Nasr

  Mistake, Thinking, Ideas

  Source: www.counterpunch.org

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• I think it's interesting that a lot of times people want celebrities to give back in the way that they want them to give back. They want them to give money to the cause they think is important and when that doesn't happen they say, "Oh, they're not doing anything." People think celebrities are going to solve their problems. People think because someone is famous or an athlete or a politician that the solution begins with them. All they're there to do is sell you a product.

  Rhymefest

  Athlete, Thinking, Giving

  Source: chicagoist.com

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• If you don't agree with the direction something is going in, at least at work, you should always try it first, unless it's dangerous or damaging. But if you have an opinion about the direction your work should be taking, say it. Then back it up with proof and other solutions.

  Anna Gunn

  Trying, Opinion, Dangerous

  Source: www.elle.com

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• Any good job is a good job. This whole concept of a dead-end job? It's not true. I've heard it my whole life. Jobs lead to dignity. If you're good at the first, then you can get the second. Jobs lead to household formation. Jobs are a better solution for society.

  Jamie Dimon

  Dignity, Good Job, Whole Life

  Source: www.businessinsider.com

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• Men, age 25 to 55, the labor-force participation rate is down 10%. That's unbelievable. There are 35,000 dying of opioids every year. Seventy percent of kids age 17 to 24 can't get into the US military because of health or education. Obesity, diabetes, reading and writing. Is that the society we wanted? No. We should be working on these things, acknowledge the flaws we have, and come up with solutions. Not Democrat. Not Republican. Not knee-jerk.

  Jamie Dimon

  Military, Reading, Kids

  Source: uk.businessinsider.com

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• Nietzsche saw that ultimately the problem of nihilism is the problem of what to do with time: Why keep investing in the future when there is no longer any transcendental guarantor, a positive end of time as ultimate reconciliation or redemption, ensuring a pay-off for this investment? Nietzsche's solution - his attempted overcoming of nihilism - consists in affirming the senselessness of becoming as such - all becoming, without reservation or discrimination.

  Ray Brassier

  Nihilism, Redemption, Overcoming

  Source: www.3ammagazine.com

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• There are also people that still choose to support racist rhetoric because they feel white dominance in America is slipping through their fingers. To them, "diversity" is a codeword for white genocide. They claim that their "homelands" are being overrun by minorities and are desperate for solutions that ensure their "white survival." This fear, of course, is irrational and solely based on a loss of white power and control.

  Christian Picciolini

  Loss, People, Diversity

  Source: chicagoist.com

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• When I personally feel like I belong to the world, it is because I am with people I love in places I love. So I decided that would be my solution. I set All the World in a place I love - the central coast region of Southern California - and populated it with people and things that I love. I stopped worrying that I wasn't representing every place, every person, every possible experience. And I hoped that through this personal expression of mine, others would find their own personal meanings as well.

  Marla Frazee

  People, Worry, Southern

  Source: www.teachingbooks.net

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• If, for some reason, I cannot bear to work on something that needs to get done, I'm not going to force that. I'll just take a mental vacation. I think the best solution sometimes to working out a problem is to walk squarely away from it.

  David Small

  Thinking, Vacation, Work Out

  Source: www.teachingbooks.net

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• Being champion for me is gratification. The realisation that I am the best. Overall, I like being a leader, setting a good example. I like being part of the solution and not the problem. I hope people think that I'm representing #1 properly. I just got to keep improving because the only person who will beat me is myself.

  Kane Waselenchuk

  Thinking, People, Leader

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• I've been a proud mentor to many women seeking public office, because I believe we need more women at all levels of government. Women have an equal stake in our future and should have an equal voice in our politics. These are challenging times, but I believe getting more women to run for office is a big part of the solution.

  Kamala Harris

  Running, Believe, Office

  Source: www.marieclaire.com

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• To me, leadership is about first defining purpose. Why does a company exist and what problem does it solve for customers? How is it different than everyone else, and what difference do they plan to make in the world? Companies (and people) should be measured based on the impact they make in the world. If the purpose and solution are solid, the money will follow.

  Josh Linkner

  People, Different, Purpose

  Source: bobmorris.biz

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• In the business world, there are systems and processes for just about everything else. Yet creativity and innovation, arguably THE most important aspects of progress, are often left to happen by chance. The system provides a scaffolding for creative support and exploration, yet is open enough to avoid curbing creativity or outputting cookie-cutter solutions.

  Josh Linkner

  Creativity, Support, Creative

  Source: bobmorris.biz

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• I urge people not to think in terms of "solutions," but in terms of intelligent responses to the quandaries and predicaments that we face. And there are intelligent responses that we can bring forth. But when I hear the word "solution," I always suspect that there's a hidden agenda there. And the hidden agenda is: "Please, can you please tell us how we can keep on living exactly the way we're living now, without having to really change our behavior very much?" And that's sort of what's going on in this country. And it's not going to work.

  James Howard Kunstler

  Country, Intelligent, Thinking

  Source: www.slate.com

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• Europe has grown through crises. Each crisis also presents opportunities, and Europe has emerged stronger from each one. That is the way history unfolds. Europe is sometimes slow, and it reacts sluggishly, but it is capable of finding solutions.

  Wolfgang Schauble

  Opportunity, Stronger, Sometimes

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• The Barack Obama administration had been negotiating with the Canadians to come up with a permanent solution on lumber tariff. And they failed. And so even though this is being portrayed as the first salvo by Donald Trump's tough trade regime, in fact, it's quite possible that, if Hillary Clinton were president, we would be in the same place.

  Donald Trump

  President, Tough, Clinton

  Source: www.pbs.org

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