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Congress should be forward thinking in the policies we set, instead of waiting until catastrophe looms.

~Bill Frist

Topics: Catastrophe Congress Forward Instead Policies Set Should Thinking Until Waiting

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Even leaving aside government policy, whole industries are already making expensive changes around the perceived need to 'go green.' Al Gore and countless other prophets of global catastrophe are making megamillions pushing these expensive solutions. Schoolchildren around the globe are being frightened by tales of impending calamity.

~Bradley A. Smith

Topics: Al Al Gore Around Aside Being Calamity Catastrophe Changes Countless Even Expensive Frightened Global Globe Go Gore Government Green Industries Leaving Making Need Other Perceived Policy Prophets Pushing Solutions Tales Whole

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Many people believe the whole catastrophe is the oil we spill, but that gets diluted and eventually disarmed over time. In fact, the oil we don't spill, the oil we collect, refine and use, produces CO2 and other gases that don't get diluted.

~Carl Safina

Topics: Believe Catastrophe Co2 Collect Disarmed Eventually Fact Gases Get Gets In Fact Many Oil Other Over People Produces Refine Spill Time Use Whole

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I'll never forget Hurricane Katrina - the mix of a natural and a man-made catastrophe that resulted in the death of over 1,500 of our neighbors. Millions of folks were marked by the tragedy.

~Cedric Richmond

Topics: Catastrophe Death Folks Forget Hurricane Hurricane Katrina Katrina Man-Made Marked Millions Mix Natural Neighbors Never Never Forget Our Over Resulted Tragedy Were

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If you are a good person, you will probably be a good father. Try not to worry too much. If you don't feel apprehensive just before your first child arrives, you are abnormal. Though catastrophe doesn't come as often in childbirth as it did a few generations ago, we naturally fear it.

~Clyde Edgerton

Topics: Abnormal Before Catastrophe Child Childbirth Come Did Father Fear Feel Few First First Child Generations Good Good Father Good Person Just Much Naturally Often Person Though Too Too Much Try Will Worry You Your

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Racism is a moral catastrophe, most graphically seen in the prison industrial complex and targeted police surveillance in black and brown ghettos rendered invisible in public discourse.

~Cornel West

Topics: Black Brown Catastrophe Complex Discourse Industrial Invisible Moral Most Police Prison Public Racism Rendered Seen Surveillance Targeted

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I'm familiar with that feeling of silence that comes with a very imminent catastrophe, when you know you have absolutely no control over a situation.

~Dave Matthews

Topics: Absolutely Catastrophe Control Familiar Feeling Imminent Know No Control Over Silence Situation Very You

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We don't want to go back to the same policies and the same practices that drove our economy into a ditch, that punished the middle class, and that led us to this catastrophe. We have to keep moving forward.

~David Axelrod

Topics: Back Catastrophe Class Ditch Drove Economy Forward Go Keep Keep Moving Keep Moving Forward Led Middle Middle Class Moving Moving Forward Our Policies Practices Punished Same Us Want

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In the Atlantean period there were many energies being used and information and knowledge being used which were, for particular reasons of safety, withdrawn, shall we say, to prevent complete catastrophe, to prevent total destruction of your planet.

~David Icke

Topics: Being Being Used Catastrophe Complete Destruction Energies Information Knowledge Many Particular Period Planet Prevent Reasons Safety Say Shall Total Used Were Which Your

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Frightened people want to protect themselves, sometimes without thinking about others. Often, they get angry and want to find someone to blame for catastrophe. Inevitably, they spread information without checking if it's true.

~David Ignatius

Topics: About Angry Blame Catastrophe Checking Find Frightened Get Inevitably Information Often Others People Protect Someone Sometimes Spread Themselves Thinking True Want Without

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