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That was for instance the case in Mocambique a couple of years ago, during the flooding catastrophe. Instead of co-ordinating assistance properly, to much time and resources was spent on fighting about the same helicopters and local guides.
by Anna Lindh (Politician, Swedish , born in 1957) keywords: ago, assistance, case, catastrophe, couple, during, fighting, flooding, guides, helicopters, instance, instead, local, much, properly, resources, same, spent, time , years The concern around probable questions, which in a sense have been hidden, will grow around the world and the matter is critical, the reason we are doing all this is so we can respond correctly to what is reported to be a major catastrophe on the African continent.
by Thabo Mbeki (Statesman, South African , born in 1942) keywords: african, around, been, catastrophe, concern, continent, correctly, critical, doing, grow, hidden, major, matter, probable, questions, reason, reported, respond, sense, which, will , world The notion that one will not survive a particular catastrophe is, in general terms, a comfort since it is equivalent to abolishing the catastrophe.
by Iris Murdoch (Author, Irish , born in 1919) keywords: abolishing, catastrophe, comfort, equivalent, general, notion, particular, since, survive, terms , will The economy in Ireland has been rampaging ahead for the last 15 years. Barring an international, political or natural catastrophe, things can only get better for the Irish.
by Eddie Murphy (Comedian, American , born in 1961) keywords: ahead, been, better, catastrophe, economy, get, international, ireland, irish, last, natural, only, political, things , years Feeling good about government is like looking on the bright side of any catastrophe. When you quit looking on the bright side, the catastrophe is still there.
by P. J. O'Rourke (Comedian, American , born in 1947) keywords: any, bright, catastrophe, feeling, good, government, looking, quit, side , still As a rule, anyone who can tell a good story can write one, so there really need be no mistake about his qualification; such a man will be careful not to be wearisome, and to keep his point, or his catastrophe, well in hand.
by James Payn (Novelist, English , born in 1830) keywords: anyone, careful, catastrophe, good, hand, his, keep, man, mistake, need, point, qualification, really, rule, story, such, tell, wearisome, well, will , write This was truly guerilla filmmaking. We shot out in the middle of nowhere in a place called Delta Flats, where basically every day was some new minor catastrophe.
by Jeri Ryan (Actor, American , born in 1968) keywords: basically, called, catastrophe, day, delta, every, filmmaking, flats, guerilla, middle, minor, new, nowhere, out, place, shot, some, truly , where I saw clearly how those who saved the state so heroically and courageously in the War of Independence would be capable of bringing a catastrophe upon it if they are given the chance in normal times.
by Moshe Sharett (Statesman, Israeli , born in 1894) keywords: bringing, capable, catastrophe, chance, clearly, courageously, given, heroically, how, independence, normal, saved, saw, state, those, times, upon, war , would Anything in history or nature that can be described as changing steadily can be seen as heading toward catastrophe.
by Susan Sontag (Author, American , born in 1933) keywords: anything, catastrophe, changing, described, heading, history, nature, seen, steadily , toward All sensible Army people turned gas warfare down as being utterly insane since, in view of your superiority in the air, it would not be long before it would bring the most terrible catastrophe upon German cities, which were completely unprotected.
by Albert Speer (Architect, German , born in 1905) keywords: air, army, before, being, bring, catastrophe, cities, completely, down, gas, german, insane, long, most, sensible, since, superiority, terrible, turned, unprotected, upon, utterly, view, warfare, were, which, would , your Life improves slowly and goes wrong fast, and only catastrophe is clearly visible.
by Edward Teller (Physicist, American , born in 1908) keywords: catastrophe, clearly, fast, goes, improves, life, only, slowly, visible , wrong Catastrophes are often stimulated by the failure to feel the emergence of a domain, and so what cannot be felt in the imagination is experienced as embodied sensation in the catastrophe.
by William Irwin Thompson (Philosopher, American , born in 1938) keywords: cannot, catastrophe, catastrophes, domain, embodied, emergence, experienced, failure, feel, felt, imagination, often, sensation , stimulated When a man meets catastrophe on the road, he looks in his purse, but a woman looks in her mirror.
by Margaret Turnbull (Scientist , American) keywords: catastrophe, her, his, looks, man, meets, mirror, purse, road , woman Well, our concern has to do with the period prior to 9/11, up to and including the catastrophe that occurred. And thank goodness, we're not obliged to make assessments of what's going on now and deal with these current events.
by Richard Ben-Veniste (Lawyer, American , born in 1943) keywords: assessments, catastrophe, concern, current, deal, events, going, goodness, including, make, now, obliged, occurred, our, period, prior, thank, these, up , well
