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The financial crisis that began in the summer of 2007 was an extraordinarily complex event with multiple causes.

~Ben Bernanke

Topics: Began Causes Complex Crisis Event Extraordinarily Financial Financial Crisis Multiple Summer

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The United Nations charter gives every nation the right to self defence, therefore when the American embassies were bombed it was a matter of time before the Americans responded by going for what they suspected were the causes of the attack.

~Benazir Bhutto

Topics: American Attack Before Bombed Causes Charter Defence Every Every Nation Gives Going Matter Nation Nations Right Self Suspected Therefore Time United United Nations Were

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There are many causes why a people politically ignorant cannot be roused to action. Perfect political ignorance must be accompanied by indifference to the general interests of society, and thus one of the most powerful motives which can act on the human mind is totally destroyed.

~Benjamin Robbins Curtis

Topics: Accompanied Act Action Cannot Causes Destroyed General Human Human Mind Ignorance Ignorant Indifference Interests Many Mind Most Most Powerful Motives Must People Perfect Political Politically Powerful Society Thus Totally Which Why

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Yes, the concept that blunt-force trauma of the head causes brain damage is a generally accepted principle of medicine. That is why I was so appalled by the NFL doctors who were denying my work.

~Bennet Omalu

Topics: Accepted Appalled Brain Causes Concept Damage Denying Doctors Generally Head Medicine Principle Trauma Were Who Why Work Yes Nfl

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My mother and Ethel Kennedy became good friends and worked together on a number of causes they had shared with their husbands. They together co-chaired 'A Time to Remember' to mobilize a movement for gun control.

~Bernice King

Topics: Became Causes Control Friends Good Good Friends Gun Gun Control Had Husbands Kennedy Mobilize Mother Movement Number Remember Shared Time Together Worked

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My dad would always say, 'Girl, you've been given gifts. Use them.' And what he meant by that was, 'Don't just be successful. Don't just use your talents for your own success. But make a difference with them. Do something significant.' And when I put those two things together, it just causes me to not accept the status quo.

~Beth Brooke

Topics: Accept Always Been Causes Dad Difference Gifts Girl Given He Just Just Be Make Make A Difference Me Meant Own Put Quo Say Significant Something Status Status Quo Success Successful Talents Them Things Those Together Two Use Would You Your

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Mother Teresa's detractors have accused her of overemphasizing Calcuttans' destitution and of coercing conversion from the defenseless. In the context of lost causes, Mother Teresa took on battles she knew she could win. Taken together, it seems to me, the criticisms of her work do not undermine or topple her overall achievement.

~Bharati Mukherjee

Topics: Accused Achievement Battles Causes Context Conversion Could Criticisms Her Knew Lost Me Mother Mother Teresa Overall Seems She Taken Together Took Undermine Win Work

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The causes of crime are very complicated. But there is a very big literature, as you know, about single parenthood in crime, about race in crime, and about poverty in crime.

~Bill Bennett

Topics: About Big Causes Complicated Crime Know Literature Parenthood Poverty Race Single Very You

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Because appearing to be fair is part of being fair, most mainstream news organizations discourage marching for causes, displaying political bumper stickers or giving cash to candidates.

~Bill Dedman

Topics: Appearing Because Being Bumper Candidates Cash Causes Discourage Displaying Fair Giving Mainstream Marching Most News Organizations Part Political

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I am not one to seek simple causes.

~Bill Dedman

Topics: Am Causes Seek Simple I Am

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