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Every day it seems more likely that we are destined - or should one say doomed? - to replay the disastrous economic history of the 1930s.

~Barry Eichengreen

Topics: Day Destined Disastrous Doomed Economic Every Every Day History Likely More Say Seems Should 1930S

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Screaming at children over their grades, especially to the point of the child's tears, is child abuse, pure and simple. It's not funny and it's not good parenting. It is a crushing, scarring, disastrous experience for the child. It isn't the least bit funny.

~Ben Stein

Topics: Abuse Bit Child Child Abuse Children Crushing Disastrous Experience Funny Good Grades Least Over Parenting Point Pure Screaming Simple Tears

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Not only must we fight to end disastrous unfettered free trade agreements with China, Mexico, and other low wage countries, we must fight to fundamentally rewrite our trade agreements so that American products, not jobs, are our number one export.

~Bernie Sanders

Topics: Agreements American China Countries Disastrous End Export Fight Free Free Trade Fundamentally Jobs Low Mexico Must Number Only Other Our Products Rewrite Trade Wage

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Attempts to put my poems to music have had disastrous results in all cases. And the poem, if it's written with the ear, already has been set to its own verbal music as it was composed.

~Billy Collins

Topics: Attempts Been Cases Composed Disastrous Ear Had Music Own Poem Poems Put Results Set Verbal Written

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The history of the last century shows, as we shall see later, that the advice given to governments by bankers, like the advice they gave to industrialists, was consistently good for bankers, but was often disastrous for governments, businessmen, and the people generally.

~Carroll Quigley

Topics: Advice Bankers Businessmen Century Consistently Disastrous Gave Generally Given Good Governments History Last Last Century Later Like Often People See Shall Shows The History Of

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'Kraken' is a very undisciplined book. That's a gamble. If it doesn't come off, it's disastrous. But there are pleasures, I think, to a meandering lack of discipline that you can't get the other way, and vice versa.

~China Mieville

Topics: Book Come Disastrous Discipline Gamble Get Lack Off Other Pleasures Think Undisciplined Versa Very Vice Vice Versa Way You I Think

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Sometimes, the aftermath is more devastating than the storm. That is the story of the 2008 financial crisis. It was disastrous at the time, but what has been worse is how long it has lingered.

~Chrystia Freeland

Topics: Aftermath Been Crisis Devastating Disastrous Financial Financial Crisis How Long More Sometimes Storm Story Than Time Worse

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The most disastrous phenomenon of the current situation is the factor that imperialism is employing for its own ends all the powers of the proletariat, all of its institutions and weapons, which its fighting vanguard has created for its war of liberation.

~Clara Zetkin

Topics: Created Current Disastrous Employing Ends Factor Fighting Imperialism Institutions Liberation Most Own Phenomenon Powers Proletariat Situation Vanguard War Weapons Which

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Criminals interest me, because they're driven by the same desires as we are, but they take these disastrous shortcuts and end up in a real mess.

~Colin Wilson

Topics: Because Criminals Desires Disastrous Driven End Interest Me Mess Real Same Shortcuts Take Up

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Earlier today, Arnold Schwarzenegger criticized the California school system, calling it disastrous. Arnold says California's schools are so bad that its graduates are willing to vote for me.

~Conan O'Brien

Topics: Arnold Arnold Schwarzenegger Bad California Calling Criticized Disastrous Earlier Graduates Me Says School School System Schools Schwarzenegger System Today Vote Willing

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