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Beyond politics, the West is suffering from what can be called a crisis of brokenness - broken institutions, broken families and broken souls.

~Gary Bauer

Topics: Beyond Broken Crisis Families Institutions Politics Souls Suffering West

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Large organizations don't worship shareholders or customers, they worship the past. If it were otherwise, it wouldn't take a crisis to set a company on a new path.

~Gary Hamel

Topics: Company Crisis Customers Large New Organizations Otherwise Past Path Set Shareholders Take Were Worship

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The problem with the focus on speculators, as was demonstrated during the financial crisis, is that it tends to divert attention from the real villains. During the financial crisis, the villains were the actions of the banks, not the speculators betting on bank share prices.

~Gary Weiss

Topics: Actions Attention Bank Banks Betting Crisis Divert Financial Financial Crisis Focus Prices Problem Real Share Tends The Problem With Villains Were

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The heart of the 2008 financial crisis was a coterie of reckless financial executives, working for too-big-to-fail financial companies, who were handsomely compensated for taking risks that almost ruined the economy when they failed.

~Gary Weiss

Topics: Almost Companies Crisis Economy Executives Failed Financial Financial Crisis Heart Reckless Risks Ruined Taking Taking Risks Were Who Working

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During a large disaster, like Hurricane Katrina, warnings get hopelessly jumbled. The truth is that, for warnings to work, it's not enough for them to be delivered. They must also overcome that human tendency to pause; they must trigger a series of effective actions, mobilizing the informal networks that we depend on in a crisis.

~Gary Wolf

Topics: Actions Also Crisis Delivered Depend Disaster Effective Enough Get Hopelessly Human Hurricane Hurricane Katrina Informal Katrina Large Like Must Networks Overcome Pause Series Tendency Them Trigger Truth Truth Is Warnings Work

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If indeed this is the work of God... then it's a crisis that calls for the church to be its very best self, and not worry about risking itself for the right thing.

~Gene Robinson

Topics: About Best Calls Church Crisis God Indeed Itself Right Right Thing Risking Self The Right Thing Then Thing Very Work Worry

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If NATO goes in and solves the crisis in Darfur, when the next one comes along Africa's leaders will just sit back.

~George Ayittey

Topics: Africa Along Back Crisis Darfur Goes Just Leaders Nato Next Sit Will

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Perhaps two million years ago the creatures of a planet in some remote galaxy faced a musical crisis similar to that which we earthly composers face today.

~George Crumb

Topics: Composers Creatures Crisis Earthly Face Faced Galaxy Million Million Years Musical Perhaps Planet Remote Similar Some Today Two Which Years Years Ago

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I began drinking alcohol at the age of thirteen and gave it up in my fifty sixth year; it was like going straight from puberty to a mid-life crisis.

~George Montgomery

Topics: Age Alcohol Began Crisis Drinking Fifty Gave Going Like Mid-Life Puberty Sixth Straight Thirteen Up Year

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I understand the damage the expenses crisis has done to Parliament, and the paramount importance of restoring trust in our politics.

~George Osborne

Topics: Crisis Damage Done Expenses Importance Our Paramount Parliament Politics Restoring Trust Understand

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