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Humans are remarkable: the first species in almost four billion years of life on earth that dominates the biosphere. This gives us the power, in principle, to build societies in which everyone flourishes. But it also creates great dangers because it is not clear that we really understand how to use our potentially devastating powers.

~David Christian

Topics: Almost Also Because Billion Build Clear Creates Dangers Devastating Earth Everyone First Flourishes Four Gives Great How Humans Life Our Potentially Power Powers Principle Really Remarkable Societies Species Understand Us Use Which Years

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Alzheimer's is a devastating disease. It was painful for me and my family to watch my grandfather deteriorate. We must find a cure for this horrible disease.

~David Hyde Pierce

Topics: Alzheimer Cure Deteriorate Devastating Disease Family Find Grandfather Horrible Me Must Painful Watch

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Carbs are devastating for the brain.

~David Perlmutter

Topics: Brain Carbs Devastating

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Self-sabotage is the proverbial hammer over the head that finally wakes us up, demanding that we pay attention. For most of us, it takes something devastating to crack us open, to get us out of our minds and into our hearts.

~Debbie Ford

Topics: Attention Crack Demanding Devastating Finally Get Hammer Head Hearts Minds Most Open Our Out Over Pay Pay Attention Something Takes Up Us Wakes

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I have to admit, like so many women, I always knew there was a chance. But like so many women, I never thought it would be me. I never thought I'd hear those devastating words: 'You have breast cancer.'

~Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Topics: Admit Always Breast Cancer Cancer Chance Devastating Hear Knew Like Many Me Never Those Thought Women Words Would You

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While religious fundamentalism is treated as a serious social problem because it has the potential to lead to rare but devastating acts of terrorism against the public, with a variety of programmes and interventions to address it, everyday violence against women occurring in the name of fundamentalism has long been neglected.

~Deeyah Khan

Topics: Acts Address Against Because Been Devastating Everyday Fundamentalism Lead Long Name Neglected Potential Problem Programmes Public Rare Religious Serious Social Terrorism Treated Variety Violence While Women

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It is about time that we develop a worldwide strategy to reduce illegal trade in meth and its precursor chemicals and stop the devastating impact that methamphetamine use is having on our children and our communities.

~Dennis Cardoza

Topics: About Chemicals Children Communities Devastating Develop Having Illegal Impact Our Reduce Stop Strategy Time Trade Use Worldwide

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It used to be you needed to have a very large sophisticated state before you could even have a nuclear weapon... Now the technology is widespread enough. It doesn't take very many people to be able to cobble together a devastating attack, and all it takes is one.

~Dick Cheney

Topics: Able Attack Before Could Devastating Enough Even Large Many Needed Now Nuclear Nuclear Weapon People Sophisticated State Take Takes Technology Together Used Very Weapon Widespread You

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We know that al Qaeda is seeking radioactive materials and technology to launch a devastating attack, and that hundreds of radioactive sources have been lost or stolen in the U.S. and around the world.

~Ed Markey

Topics: Al Around Attack Been Devastating Hundreds Know Launch Lost Materials Radioactive Seeking Sources Stolen Technology World Qaeda

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The main cause of Europe's deep fall - the losses of inclusion, job satisfaction and wage growth - is the devastating slowdown of productivity that began in the late 1990s and struck large swaths of the continent. It holds down the growth of wages rates, and it depresses employment.

~Edmund Phelps

Topics: Began Cause Continent Deep Devastating Down Employment Europe Fall Growth Holds Inclusion Job Large Late Losses Main Productivity Rates Satisfaction Struck Wage Wages 1990S

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